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Objekt 35

Valve French Horn in C, three piston valves

Object description

Christian Hafelen-Schenk (1805–1875)

Berne, middle of 19th c.

Brass (body); ivory (valve buttons); nickel silver (mouthpiece)

three-and-a-half-coiled; three tubular valves with short spiral springs for whole-tone, semitone and minor third; crook for F1; tuning bit with brace; mouthpiece

L. 2335 mm (tube); 0 260 mm (helix), 280 mm (bell-rim)

Bequest Dr. h.c. Wilhelm Bernoulli-Preiswerk

lnv. 1980.2267.

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