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York Eb
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2026 8:40 pm
by hrender
Re: York Eb
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2026 7:13 pm
by Thattubaguy345
This is both interesting and challenging.
Re: York Eb
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2026 11:20 am
by iiipopes
It looks like a high-pitch horn coverted to low-pitch. But when this horn was made, low-pitch was A=435, "French Diapason Normal." So the extensions may actually be a bit too long to bring it up to A=440.
Re: York Eb
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2026 11:17 am
by windshieldbug
iiipopes wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 11:20 am
It looks like a high-pitch horn coverted to low-pitch. But when this horn was made, low-pitch was A=435, "French Diapason Normal." So the extensions may actually be a bit too long to bring it up to A=440.
It appears to have the 1910 H/LP loop, and given the serial number I would place its construct c.1920. Given the extensions of the valve slides I would guess that it was probably used in High Pitch mode and lowered to whatever standard they used locally. YMMV
