Cor solo
Stölzel valves. This horn is a late version of the first French valve horn, which Antoine developed in 1829. Cors solo are horns with G as the highest key; as they were usually used by soloists, and most solo pieces called for F or E-flat and D horns, they were thus called cors solo. By exchanging the internal crooks, the horn can be played in the keys of G, F, E, E-flat, D, and C.
Artwork Details
- Title: Cor solo
- Maker: Jean Louis Antoine (1788–1861)
- Date: ca. 1850–55
- Geography: Paris, France
- Culture: French
- Medium: Brass, original wooden box.
- Dimensions: 22 7/8 × 14 × 10 7/8 in. (58.1 × 35.6 × 27.6 cm)
- Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-horn
- Credit Line: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1999
- Object Number: 1999.304a–h
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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