Besson Valved Orchestral Horn
date: label: date made
content: 1862-1873
name: label: maker
content: Fontaine Besson
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This horn was made by Fontaine-Besson in Paris, France, around 1862-1873. It is a valved Orchestral horn, serial #39849, made of brass, with Périnet-type piston valves. The horn is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>SYSTEME PROTOTYPE<br>F. BESSON<br>BREVETE<br>S.G.D.G.<br>96 RUE D'ANGOULEME<br>
label: Description
content: PARIS</p>
label: Description
content: .
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert Erickson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.70.10
label: catalog number
content: 70.10
label: accession number
content: 287589
label: serial number
content: 39849
objectType: label: Object Name
content: horn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 19 11/16 in x 10 7/8 in; 43.18 cm x 50.00625 cm x 27.6225 cm