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Description: | This model is possibly what the Distin company refers to as a 'tenor euphonion' in their earliest surviving records.
Tenor euphonium in E flat. Long model. Brass body, silver plated. Four rotary valves arranged in-line for normal English hold. Curved stays. Eyelet grips on three valve loop tuning slides and thumb ring on bell. Additional finger ring has come loose. Socket for music card holder on fourth valve loop. Mouthpiece held securely within receiver. Valve casings, slides and bell rim covered with delicate floral engravings.
Bell inscription, which is stamped within floral decorations and incorporates a crest/shield and a ram's head: N0. 2684/HENRY DISTIN/MAKER/9. GRt. NEWPORT St./CRANBOURN St./LEICSTER SQUARE/LONDON/CLs.1/Treu und fest./Mark Anthony; Shank of mouthpiece stamped: *DISTIN.LONDON*; The numbers 5,6,7,8, are stamped on the casings of valves one to four respectively.
caption: General view of object no. 2004.1134.
caption: Detailed view of object no. 2004.1134.
caption: General view of object no. 2004.1134 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | cork euphoniums brass 423.231.2 Valve bugles with wide bore iron silver plating copper alloy | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-122754 | Go to resource |
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