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HAWKES & Son with F and Eb crooks
£490.00
MAKER: HAWKES & Son
A natural/hand horn converted from a late
19th century Hawkes & Son piston horn
whose valves had become worn
out beyond affordable repair.
Serial number: 43414
Year of manufacture: pre-1900
Stamped on the outer bell throat:
EXCELSIOR SONOROUS
CLASS A
HAWKES & SON
Denman Street
Piccadilly Circus
LONDON
43414
H
There are 2 crooks: F (original) and Eb (modern) plus a
small extension to flatten the pitch slightly.
Optionally available ( price £130) is a Webb double
coupler, giving C basso or Bb basso with the F and Eb
crooks respectively. This coupler can be seen in photos
2 and 3.
The internal taper of the horn's receiver
is compatible with Paxman crooks from 1982 to the
1990s, and Webb-Halstead crooks and couplers,
1988-2014.
This is a very useful, inexpensive 'starter' hand
horn. It plays at pitches from A 443 to A 440,
with a very direct tonal focus.
It is moderately tight-blowing across the range with the
F crook, and slightly more free-blowing (strangely) with
the modern repro Eb crook, but its French-style bell
taper gives a good sonority especially on the partially-
stopped notes.
Both crooks have good 12th (G) and achievable
(if tight) 16th (C) harmonics.
The photos can be viewed in greater detail
by opening and saving them.
Halstead Music acts as an agent only,
accepting no responsibility as a principal.
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