Posthorn in E-flat
Object type: Posthorn in E-flat
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Artist: Gustav Eschenbach
Artist bio: German, Markneukirchen 1843–1927 Berlin
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: ca. 1903
Medium: Brass, hemp
Dimensions: Height, bell face-down to top of coil: 24.9cm (9 13/16in.)  Diameter of bell:  11.5cm (4 1/2in.)
Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-horn
Geography:  Berlin   Germany  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889