KRUSPE alternative main tuning slides for A and E

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£140.00

The shorter one of these 2 gold brass Kruspe slides,

(both stamped/ engraved with the number  2993) are

almost identical to the one that was supplied with the

Kruspe double horns owned and played in the

Philadelphia Orchestra  by ANTON HORNER and

MASON JONES.

The old Kruspe catalogue states

that their 'Horner Model' Double horn is in F, Bb, E

and A; see photo #2.

The Horner and Jones slides (brass and nickel

silver respectively) can be seen in photo #3, which is

copied from the  R.J. Martz web site

(as is photo #2) :

https://www.rjmartz.com/horns/kruspe_080/

Martz's web site does not show a separate E slide, such

as can be seen in our photos 1, 4 and 5. 

I was recently contacted by Jonathan Ring, of the SFSO,

USA, regarding these slides.  Interestingly, he wrote that

on a Kruspe 'Horner' model double horn, only the main

tuning slide is needed to lower the entire horn a

semitone;  the other slide lowers the F horn

only on a Kruspe 'Wendler' model compensator. 

These 2 ingenious slides make the 'fingering' of certain

works much easier to play e.g. the Weber Concertino;

Spohr Octet in E; Danzi Sonata in E; Schubert 'Auf dem

Strom', and Rossini's 'Prelude, Theme and Variations' in

its original key of E.

The photos can be viewed in greater detail

by opening and saving them.

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accepting no responsibility as a principal.

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