I would doubt that any horns were made in Germany in 1942 for any purpose: brass was a critical material. Does anyone know for sure? In fact, I'm still surprised that horns were made in the US in 1945. My first horn was a King, brand new, in 1945. It was the Kruspe copy with the upside down change valve. That was an awkward change valve. To me it was at least as awkward as the Schmidt piston change valve.
Herb Foster --- Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Dawn McCandless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just obtained an old Single Kruspe horn. Where would one find any serial > numbers? There is a > > 16 on the bottom of the middle valve cap. Is that it? > > > > The horn is brass, has string rotors and says: EDKRUSPE, ERFURT and Made in > Germany. It was the > > previous owners fathers horn and he is 85 now and they guess the horn is > about 65 years old. > > That puts it about 1942 from those estimates. > > > > It's not in perfect condition and, unfortunately, has hints of red rot. > Couple dings. The keys > > were clacky, but quieted down with thick key oil. Before oiling the rotors > I pulled the 3 > > slides and they did pop when pulled out. > > > > It has a wonderful tone. Guess despite it's appearance and old age > problems it isn't dead yet! > > > > Oh, I do have another question. How did they consider these single horns > back then? Was it > > made as a student horn as they tell people single horns are now a days (at > least here in the > > states... ). Or, is it considered a normal horn despite the fact it is a > single horn in F? > > > > > > Dawn Marie > > _______________________________________________ > > The serial # most likely will be found on the bridge forming the seat for the > paddle axle > bearings. Try a look below the paddles. > > If 1942 would be true, it hardly would have been exported to the USA as a new > item. German F horns > could be had in simple versions intended for students or fully pro versions > with full nickel > silver trim. If 1942 would be true, then the most likely purpose would have > been as a German > military band instrument. > > I very much would like a thorough photo documentation of this instrument in > 300dpi jpg or pdf > formats: full front and back, technical details, and readable shots of all > engravings. All photos > rather mimicking blueprints rather than expressing artistic photography. > Background: as little and > as neutral as possible. For security reasons neither ownership nor > photography is credited. > > My project of presenting catalogue scans and brass instrumentsÂ’ photos > already holds a number of > Kruspe instruments. The index may be found here: > > http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/YorkMasterPublicPhotosIII/files/ > > Contributions of material for the project are most welcome! > > Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre in Denmark > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/herb_foster%40yahoo.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
