Alto horn

Descriptive Information

Instrument type: Alto horn
Manufacturer: Wurlitzer
Key: E flat
Date: ca. 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
Cabinet number: 2-3
Accession year: 2004
Collection title: Sousa Archives Music Instrument Digital Image and 3D Model Collection
Repository: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Instrument type	Alto horn
Manufacturer	Wurlitzer
Key	E flat
Date	ca. 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
Cabinet number	2-3
Accession year	2004
Collection title	Sousa Archives Music Instrument Digital Image and 3D Model Collection
Repository	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music