Somebody wrote: > There's a right-handed horn on eBay.. Item#180077500691 >
That somebody took the chance to anonymously announce that instrument of his own being up auction. I am not against such announcements. Only I think they should be done openly by presenting ones name. I should not support such bad practises by replying, but I checked that auction and this morning I came to referring it with my personal reference disk-based storages: This instrument was up for discussion on this list some 15 months ago. I wrote something, which has been badly twisted in the current auction presentation. I have nothing against being quoted, but I prefer being quoted true to the contents of my writing. To put things right I will quote, what I wrote on Wed, 2 Nov 2005 16:14:10 -0800 (PST) on this list (other names than mine are X-ed): XX has sent me some photos, and my initial suspicions were fully confirmed. Aside from one-off creations for disabled horn players right-handed horns always are military horns from two European countries: Italy made them with pistons. I own a such single F made by Saporetti & Capelli of Firenze Pre-WWII Germany made them as 3-rotors single Bb flat horns. Miraphone has had such a model in its catalogues within the last 20 years. The purpose was, that when bands were formed from enlisted amateur musicians, "surplus" trumpeters could be placed on horn. The unusual thing about XXs horn is, that it is a compensating double, not just a single Bb. But the true give away about its origins are the crowns stamped into the bell. I am not enough of a heraldic to tell whether they are the Imperial German or the royal Saxonian crown. But this instrument for sure has been made for a German army regiment before the end of WWI. I am fairly sure that the maker was Sächsische Musikinstrumentenmanufaktur - Schuster & Co of Markneukirchen. This is the only maker, whom I have seen having these state approval stamps placed on his instruments. For the true freaks it is obvious, that the profile of the bell as well as some other details are remarkably similar to some Hoyer horns of today. I may elaborate on that on another day. (Snip of a paragraph not relevant for this matter) Klaus ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
