Hörth Althorn
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: unspecified
content: U.S. War Department
label: maker
content: Hörth, Franz
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This althorn was made by Franz Hörth in Saarbrücken, Germany, in 1913. It is an althorn in E-flat, made of brass with nickel silver trim, in a straight-forward form with 3 mechanical rotary valves. The instrument is engraved on the bell garland:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Franz Horth Saarbrucken. Jager Regt. z. Pferde No.8 191</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This althorn 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: Saarland, Saarbrücken
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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.039584
label: catalog number
content: 39584
label: accession number
content: 136683
objectType: label: Object Name
content: althorn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: althorn: 6 3/4 in x 9 7/8 in x 18 1/2 in; 17.145 cm x 25.0825 cm x 46.99 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 1 7/8 in x 3 3/8 in x 6 1/2 in; 4.7625 cm x 8.5725 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 17 cm; 6 11/16 in