French horn. Nominal pitch: A.
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InstrumentNaturhorn |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerWencel Umlauff |
Place MadePrague ; Europe ; Czech Republic ; Central Europe |
Date Made1779 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Metal construction: brass; fixed mouthpipe, several ferrule joins and patches; bell with gusset, garland width 36. Gradually expanding bore throughout. Repair History: There are several repair patches on the instrument including a large repair to the bell flare where at one point the bell may have become separated from the corpus. The mouthpipe appears to have been altered and/or repaired. |
NotesLisa Norman, October 2013. |
Measurementsperpendicular to bell 363; corpus diameter c 240 (midline); bell diameter 246. |
Provenanceon loan to the Collection. |
CollectionMIMEd |
Accession Number6181 |