Wright, Gilmore & Co. Valved Horn
date: label: date made
content: 1858-1862
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This horn was made by Wright, Gilmore & Co. in Boston, Massachusetts, around 1858-1862. It is made of brass and nickel silver, with 3 rotary valves. This instrument is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Made by<br>Wright, Gilmore & Co.<br>Boston</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Elbridge G. Wright (1811-1871) began making musical instruments in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1839. By 1842, Wright moved to Boston, Massachusetts and made musical instruments under his own name or in partnership until 1869.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1985.0715.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0715
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0715.01
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: 17 5/8 in x 23 1/8 in x 11 in; 44.7675 cm x 58.7375 cm x 27.94 cm