Alto horn
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https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/c3e63580-ea4e-0134-23c2-0050569601ca-8Descriptive Information
Instrument type | Alto horn |
Manufacturer | Wurlitzer |
Key | E flat |
Date | 1920 |
Materials | brass, silver, pearl |
Condition | Poor - badly dented throughout tubing past tuning slide and on bell section, bell has been crushed and reshaped, minor dents on tube sections where valve casing connects, silver lacquer worn away in many places, vavles slow, second and third valve slide are frozen |
Collection name | University Bands Collection, ca. 1840-1997 |
Collection number | 120993 |
Item number | 56 |
Accession year | 2004 |
Rights | No Copyright - Other Known Legal Restrictions |
Rights Description | No Copyright - United States |
Repository | Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
Collection Title | Sousa Archives Music Instrument Digital Image and 3D Model Collection |
Type | Still image |
Collection | Sousa Archives Music Instrument Digital Image and 3D Model Collection |
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