UEDIN · 0576
Tenor ventil horn. Nominal pitch: E♭.
Description
Technical description: Silver-plated brass. Circular wrap with bell directed upwards. 2 water-keys, on tuning-slide and on main tube after third valve. Screw for music card-holder. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, bottom-sprung; alignment by key on piston. Repair History: Legs of main tuning-slide extended and spacers added to valve tuning-slides to lower from Old Philharmonic pitch. Serial number: 4276. Overall size: 385; bell 183. Sounding length: minimum 2033. Bore: mouthpipe at c 50mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 10.6; m.t.s. at c 232mm from mouthpiece receiver, tuning slide bore 11.2; m.t.s. at c 376mm from mouthpiece receiver, tuning slide bore 11.4; centre of valve cluster at c 576mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore (1,2,3) 11.7; 1017mm from bell end, c 17.6; c 518mm from bell end, 24.9. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.3 10.8. Inscribed on bell "No 4276 / HENRY DISTIN / MAKER / 9.GRT NEWPORT ST / LEICESTER SQUARE / LONDON / CLS 1"; on back of bell with trademark consisting of "DISTIN LONDON" inside letter D; on side of valve casings "16", "17 / DISTIN / MAKER / LONDON", "18"; on valve top caps "16", "17", "18"; on water keys "DISTIN / PATENT". Usable pitch: As modified, plays at A4 = 440 Hz. Illustration references: World Wide Web picture at http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/
Measurements
385; bell 183.