Melody horn. Nominal pitch: F/E♭.
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Alternative TitleMelody horn. |
InstrumentTenor cor |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerCourtois & Mille |
Place MadeEurope ; Western Europe ; Paris ; France |
Date Made1872-1888 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Brass; bell-up wrap. Witrh alternative m.t.s. (5736a) and (5736b) for E♭ and F respectively; water-key on loop in mouthpipe; fitting for music card holder; finger-loop for R4. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, bottom sprung; alignment by key on piston. Overall size: 473; corpus diameter c 240; bell 239. Sounding length: minimum 1747; air column lengths of alternative m.t.s. excluding inner slide: F (5736a) 204; Eb (5736b) 389. Bore: mouthpipe at c 20mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 9.5; centre of valve cluster at c 455mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore (1,2,3) 11.6; m.t.s. at c 577 782mm from mouthpiece receiver, tuning slide bore ; 12.1 13.5; 872mm from bell end, c 14.8; c 525mm from bell end, 20.9, B = 0.53. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 10.2 9.6. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, bottom sprung; alignment by key on piston. Inscribed on bell "MELODY HORN / FA & MIb" / circle enclosing "MÉDAILLE / DE / 1re. CLASSE / EXPOSITION / UNIVERSELLE / 1855" / "Médaille /LONDRES 1862 / Exposition Universelle / PARIS 1867 / Médaille d'Honneur / EN ARGENT / MAISON ANTOINE COURTOIS & MILLE / Breveté / FACTEUR DU CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL / 88. rue des Marais st. Martin / Paris / 1ER. PRIX / GRANDE MÉDAILLE D'OR / EXPOSITION DE MOSCOU / 1872 / S. ARTHUR CHAPPELL / Sole agent / 52 New Bond Street / London"; on side of valve casings, stemsand top and bottom caps 1", "2", "3"; on ferrule of F main tuning slide "F"; on oval silver plate on bow of Eb main tuning slide "Eb". Purchased by lender, formerly used with and probably supplied by maker with mouthpiece (5737). |
Other InformationGeneral usage of type: The only other Courtois Melody Horn known to the authors is in 8-ft C, comparable to a ballad horn or a vocal horn. |
NotesR. Parks, 20.10.07. |
Measurements473; corpus diameter c 240; bell 239. |
Provenanceex- John Webb collection. ; on loan to the Collection. |
CollectionMIMEd |
Accession Number5736 |