French horn. Nominal pitch: F / E♭.

E.A. Couturier Co.
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Instrument

Valve horn

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

E.A. Couturier Co.

Place Made

United States of America; North America; Laporte

Description

Technical description: Lacquered brass; French bell rim. Unusual bore profile without the normal near-cylindrical central part. With fitting for music card-holder. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, bottom-sprung, alignment by key on piston.

Notes

A. Myers, 21.6.14 (measurements), 13.12.14 (description).

Measurements

from plane of bell to far bow 460; corpus diameter c 340; bell 303.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

6216

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