Escenbach Valved Horn
date: label: date made
content: 1900 - 1913
name: label: unspecified
content: U.S. War Department
label: maker
content: Eschenbach, Gustav
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This horn was made by Gustav Eschenbach in Berlin, Germany, around 1900-1913. It is a valved horn in F, made of brass with nickel silver trim, with 3 mechanical rotary valves. This instrument is engraved on the bell garland:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>G. Eschenbach<br>Berlin</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This horn was one of 12 instruments captured from the Jäger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 8 (Eighth Jaeger German Mounted Band) during WWI. It was transferred from the United States War Department, Office of the Quartermaster General, in 1935.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Berlin, Berlin
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.039580
label: catalog number
content: 39580
label: accession number
content: 136683
objectType: label: Object Name
content: horn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/2 in x 20 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in; 39.37 cm x 52.705 cm x 29.21 cm
label: Measurements
content: tube length: 372.8 cm; 146 25/32 in
label: Measurements
content: coils: 31.8 cm; 12 17/32 in
label: Measurements
content: bell: 28.9 cm; 11 3/8 in