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Description: | This instrument is significant because it is the earliest known example of a hoop-shaped horn made in England. Before this time, most horns in England were short, straight instruments used in hunting. This circular design was patterned on horns played in French courts, and Bull is thought to be the earliest English maker to use the term 'french horn' to describe his instruments.
Horn in F (in baroque pitch where a'=415 Hz). Circular copper body with brass bell garland, bell stay and mouthpiece receiver. Ivory mouthpiece. A ferrule covers the join between the bell and the body. The bell garland has a scalloped inner edge and is inscribed with two concentric bands. The outer band is decorated with chevrons, while the inner band carries the inscription: "WILLIAM BULL, LONDINI FECIT 1699".
The horn has had a lengthy association with the hunt, where a series of calls were used to communicate the events of the mounted hunt to its widely scattered participants. Music for multiple horns would often be featured as an entertainment after the hunt.
caption: Frontal view of object no. 14.5.47/307. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | French horns Horniman Museum and Gardens horns Work Lewisham 423.121.22 End blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes with mouthpiece City of Westminster metal Leisure Musical Instrument Making ivory brass copper alloy | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-12656 | Go to resource |
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