Kenneth Fiske Museum
Alto horns, Alto Ophicleide, Flugelhorns, Tenor horns, Euphoniums,
Baritones
Alto horns
B426 Solo Alto in Eb, Hall & Quinby, Boston, ca. 1860. Nickel Silver body. Bell-front alto with three side-action “Allen” rotary valves.
B330 Solo Alto in Eb, Hall & Quinby, Boston, ca. 1865. Side-action rotary valves.
B94 Upright Alto (Saxhorn) in Eb, of German or Austrian origin, ca. 1870. Three Berlin Pumpen valves.
B223 Upright Alto (Saxhorn) in Eb, of Austrian or Czech origin, ca. 1875. Three Berlin Pumpen valves.
B360 Upright Alto in Eb probably of German origin, ca. 1875. Side-action “Allen” rotary valves.
B286 Alto in Eb of Czech origin, ca. 1890. Bell
front “solo” alto.
B433 Solo Alto in Eb probably of French origin, ca. 1890. Engraved: “Champion/Silver Piston/Chicago”.
B90 Upright Alto in Eb of French origin, ca. 1900. Engraved: “Henry Pourcelle, Superior, Paris”.
B315 Upright Alto in Eb, Besson & Co., London, , ca. 1910, serial no. 85268.
B91 Upright Alto in Eb of French origin, ca. 1910, stamped: “Jules Durand, Paris”.
B95 Upright Alto in Eb of Czech origin, ca. 1935, stamped: “Wurlitzer Lyric”, lead pipe stamped “Made in Czechoslovakia”.
B278 Upright Alto in Eb, Conn Co., Elkhart, ca. 1965, serial no. 263478. Engraved: “Continental Colonial”.
B279 Upright Alto in Eb, Conn Co., Elkhart, ca. 1965, serial no. 263491. Engraved: “Continental Colonial”.
B464 Upright Alto in Eb, Besson, London, 1968.
Alto Ophicleides
B6 Alto ophicleide in Eb, August G. Guichard, Paris, ca. 1830. Nine keys.
Flugelhorns
B57 Flugelhorn of German origin, ca. 1870. Three Berlin Pumpen valves, engraved: “The R. Wurlitzer Manuf. Co., Cin. O.”
B323 Flugelhorn, Besson, Paris, ca. 1875, serial no. 8948.
B394 Flugelhorn, Ahlberg & Ohlsson, Stockholm, ca. 1875.
B178
Flugelhorn in C, Pierre L. Gautrot, Paris, ca. 1880. Stamped: “H. Nagel sucres Calle de la Palma
No. 5, Mexico”.
B468
Flugelhorn in high Eb, Ferdinando Roth, Milan, ca. 1880.
B227 Flugelhorn, J. H. Zimmerman, Leipzig, ca. 1890. Three rotary valves.
B401 Flugelhorn in C, Adolf Stowasser, Graz, ca. 1890. Three rotary valves.
B58 Flugelhorn of German origin, ca. 1900. Three rotary valves.
B73 Flugelhorn, J. H. Zimmermann, Leipzig, ca. 1900. Three rotary valves.
B392 Flugelhorn, A. K. Hüttl, Graslitz, ca. 1900. Three rotary valves.
B251
Flugelhorn (short model), Ouviers réunis association générale, Paris,
ca. 1905.
B363 Flugelhorn in C, Johann Votruba, Austria, ca. 1910. Three rotary valves.
B310
Flugelhorn, Courtois, Paris, ca. 1915.
B59 Flugelhorn, E. A. Courturier & Co., La Porte, Indiana, 1918-1923.
B60 Flugelhorn probably of German origin, ca. 1920.
B470 Flugelhorn in C, German or Austrian origin, ca. 1920. Three rotary valves.
B405 Flugelhorn probably of German origin, ca. 1920. Three rotary valves; engraved “J.B.G./Trademark”.
BB220 Flugelhorn, Mirafone, Graslitz, 1959, serial no. 1397.
B259 Flugelhorn, Josef Lidl, Brno, 1977.
B256 Flugelhorn attributed to Courtois, Paris,
ca. 1980, serial no. 10329. Stamped “Leblanc, Paris”.
Tenor Horns
B99 Tenor Horn in Bb, Augustin H. Rott, Prague, ca. 1855. Four rotary valves, the fourth is a ½-step valve.
B355 Tenor Horn in Bb, E. G. Wright & Co., Boston, ca. 1865. Side-action string-activated rotary valves. Engraved: “1st Divi. 2nd Corps”.
B356 Tenor Horn in Bb, Isaac Fiske, Worcester, Massachusetts, ca. 1869. Side-action string-activated rotary valves.
B265 Tenor Horn in Bb probably of Austrian origin, ca. 1870. Three side-action mechanically-activated rotary valves. Engraved: “First Reg. Ms. Heavy Artillery July 1861”.
B359 Tenor Horn in Bb, Hall & Quinby, Boston, ca. 1875. Side-action string-activated rotary valves.
Euphoniums and
Baritones
B141 Euphonium in Bb, Gebrueder Alexander, Mainz, ca. 1885. Three rotary valves.
B270 Baritone in Bb, H. N. White, Cleveland, ca. 1915, serial no. 33272.
B100 Euphonium in Bb, Joseph Higham, Manchester, ca. 1925, serial no.48685. Engraved: “Patent Clear Bore. Lyon & Healy Sole Agents Chicago”.
B125 Euphonium in Bb of Czech origin, ca. 1925. Engraved: “The New Jenkins Special” [Jenkins Importing Co., Kansas City, Missouri].
B319 Euphonium in Bb, Besson & Co., London, ca. 1925. Engraved: “Prototype”.
B277 Baritone in Bb, Frank Holton, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 1931, serial no. 108574.
B268 Baritone in Bb, Frank Holton, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 1941, serial no. 142789.