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HAWKES & Son hand horn conversion with F and Eb crooks

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£495.00

 

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MAKER:  HAWKES & Son

  

 

  A hand horn converted from a Hawkes & Son 

piston horn whose valves had worn

out beyond affordable repair.

 

Serial number: 10450

 

Year of manufacture: pre-1895

 

Stamped on the outer bell throat:

 

PETRIE & SON

AGENTS

CAPETOWN

 

and on the bell garland:

 

R A BAND

PTH 1

 

  2 crooks: F, vintage, possibly Boosey, bearing a

                silver plate stamped 'F';

                Eb, modern, lacquered yellow brass.

    

 

           •   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 useful, inexpensive 'starter' hand

 

horn.  Its appearance is quite startling: what looks

 

like tarnish is almost impossible to polish off; it is a

 

very hard, glossy brown 'patina' that acts almost

 

like a baked-on lacquer.  There are 2 patches on the

 

outer bell flare, one on the horn body in the left

 

hand area, and 2 on the inner bell flare.  The tuning

 

slide has been patched recently, to remedy a leak.

 

The horn plays with a very direct tonal focus and

 

is fairly tight-blowing, especially on the Eb crook.

 

 

 

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accepting no responsibility as a principal.

 

 

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HAWKES & Son hand horn conversion with F and Eb crooks