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HALARI, PARIS, original 19th century 'compact' hand horn with 9 crooks and fitted box
£2,950.00
A very unusual natural / hand horn by the
renowned Parisian maker, HALARI (working period 1804 to
post-1873; see photo #4: pp 156-157, Langwill).
It is the only example I have ever seen of a
compact, small size French hand horn with crooks.
In fact, the actual crooks are fairly 'standard' in size, although
with very narrow mouthpiece receivers (too small for most
modern mouthpieces).
It is the BODY ('corpus') that is smaller in diameter (about
31cm) than that of most 19th c. French horns (usually 33-
35cm).
This means that with the tuning slide pushed fully in, the horn's
pitch is sharper than A440; perhaps about A445. My guess is
that the horn may have been specially made for a town
band, orchestra or other musical ensemble (a French provincial
opera orchestra?) that played at high pitch.
The photos can be viewed in greater detail
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