This trumpet was made by Franz Hörth in Saarbrücken, Germany in 1913. It is an E-flat trumpet made of brass with nickel silver trim and has three mechanical rotary valves. This trumpet is engraved:
Franz Hörth Saarbrucken. Jager Regt. z. Pferde No. 8 1913
According to the accession paperwork, this trumpet was one of 12 instruments captured from the Jäger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 8 (Eighth Jaeger German Mounted Band) during WWI.
Franz Hörth (also spelled Hoerth) (1862-1932) founded his musical instrument firm in what was known as St. Johann in 1898. This small fishing village merged with two other villages to form Saarbrücken around 1909. Hörth’s son-in-law Richard Wolff became manager of the company around 1921, then known as “Franz Hoerth, metal and wood instrument maker, musical instruments and talking machines."
This trumpet was made by an unknown maker in Germany around 1910-1913. It is an E-flat trumpet made of brass with nickel silver trim and has three rotary valves.
According to the accession paperwork, this trumpet was one of 12 instruments captured from the Jäger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 8 (Eighth Jaeger German Mounted Band) during WWI.
This trumpet was made by Franz Hörth in Saarbrücken, Germany in 1913. It is an E-flat trumpet made of brass with nickel silver trim and has three mechanical rotary valves. This trumpet is engraved:
Franz Hörth Saarbrucken. Jager Regt. z. Pferde No.8 1913
According to the accession paperwork, this trumpet was one of 12 instruments captured from the Jäger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 8 (Eighth Jaeger German Mounted Band) during WWI.
Franz Hörth (also spelled Hoerth) (1862-1932) founded his musical instrument firm in what was known as St. Johann in 1898. This small fishing village merged with two other villages to form Saarbrücken around 1909. Hörth’s son-in-law Richard Wolff became manager of the company around 1921, then known as “Franz Hoerth, metal and wood instrument maker, musical instruments and talking machines."
This trumpet was made by Franz Hörth in Saarbrücken, Germany in 1913. It is an E-flat trumpet made of brass with nickel silver trim and has three mechanical rotary valves. This trumpet is engraved:
Franz Hörth Saarbrucken. Jager Regt. z. Pferde No.8 1913
According to the accession paperwork, this trumpet was one of 12 instruments captured from the Jäger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 8 (Eighth Jaeger German Mounted Band) during WWI.
Franz Hörth (also spelled Hoerth) (1862-1932) founded his musical instrument firm in what was known as St. Johann in 1898. This small fishing village merged with two other villages to form Saarbrücken around 1909. Hörth’s son-in-law Richard Wolff became manager of the company around 1921, then known as “Franz Hoerth, metal and wood instrument maker, musical instruments and talking machines."
This trumpet was made by Franz Hörth in Saarbrücken, Germany in 1913. It is an E-flat trumpet made of brass with nickel silver trim and has three mechanical rotary valves. This trumpet is engraved:
Franz Hörth Saarbrucken. Jager Regt. z. Pferde No.8 1913
According to the accession paperwork, this trumpet was one of 12 instruments captured from the Jäger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 8 (Eighth Jaeger German Mounted Band) during WWI.
Franz Hörth (also spelled Hoerth) (1862-1932) founded his musical instrument firm in what was known as St. Johann in 1898. This small fishing village merged with two other villages to form Saarbrücken around 1909. Hörth’s son-in-law Richard Wolff became manager of the company around 1921, then known as “Franz Hoerth, metal and wood instrument maker, musical instruments and talking machines."
This trumpet was made by Franz Hörth in Saarbrücken, Germany in 1913. It is a B-flat trumpet made of brass with nickel silver trim and has three mechanical rotary valves.This trumpet is engraved:
Franz Hörth Saarbrucken. Jager Regt. z. Pferde No.8 1913
According to the accession paperwork, this trumpet was one of 12 instruments captured from the Jäger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 8 (Eighth Jaeger German Mounted Band) during WWI.
Franz Hörth (also spelled Hoerth) (1862-1932) founded his musical instrument firm in what was known as St. Johann in 1898. This small fishing village merged with two other villages to form Saarbrücken around 1909. Hörth’s son-in-law Richard Wolff became manager of the company around 1921, then known as “Franz Hoerth, metal and wood instrument maker, musical instruments and talking machines."
This trumpet was made by Franz Hörth in Saarbrücken, Germany in 1913. It is a B-flat trumpet made of brass with nickel silver trim and has three mechanical rotary valves. This trumpet is engraved:
Franz Horth Saarbrucken. Jager Regt. z. Pferde No.8 1913
According to the accession paperwork, this trumpet was one of 12 instruments captured from the Jäger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 8 (Eighth Jaeger German Mounted Band) during WWI.
Franz Hörth (also spelled Hoerth) (1862-1932) founded his musical instrument firm in what was known as St. Johann in 1898. This small fishing village merged with two other villages to form Saarbrücken around 1909. Hörth’s son-in-law Richard Wolff became manager of the company around 1921, then known as “Franz Hoerth, metal and wood instrument maker, musical instruments and talking machines."
This trumpet was made by Johann Christoph Frank in Nuremberg, Germany around 1777-1818. It is an E-flat natural trumpet made of brass with a brass ball and blue and white cord with two tassels. The bell is engraved:
This trumpet was made by Christian Wittmann (died ca. 1807) in Nuremberg around 1781-1807. It is an E-flat natural trumpet made of brass with one coil and brass ferrules and ball decorated with engraved lines. This trumpet is engraved:
This trombone was made by Meinl & Lauber in Gartenberg, Germany, around 1969-1970. It is an E-flat bass slide trombone. This trombone is made of brass. It is a reproduction instrument patterned after an instrument made by Isaac Ehe in 1612, Nurnberg. It is inscribed:
JOHANN ISAAC EHE NURNBERG COPIERT MEINL & LAUBER GARTENBERG BAYERN
This trombone was made by made by Meinl & Lauber in Gartenberg, Germany in 1969. It is a B-flat tenor slide trombone. This trombone is made of brass. It is a reproduction instrument patterned after an instrument by Sebastian Heinlein in 1627, Nurnberg. This trombone is inscribed:
SEBASTIAN HAINLEIN NURNBERG COPIERT MEINL & LAUBER GARTENBWERG BAYERN
This trombone was made by Meinl & Lauber in Gartenberg, Germany, around 1969-1970. It is an E-flat alto slide trombone. The trombone is made of brass. It is a reproduction instrument patterned after an instrument by Michael Nagel in 1656, Nurnberg. This trombone is inscribed:
MICHAEL NAGEL NURNBERG KOPIE MEINL & LAUBER GARTENBERG BAYERN
This trombone was made by Otto Pollter in Leipzig, Germany, late 1890s. It is a tenor valve trombone made of brass and German silver. There are Decorative snakes on the end of slide. This trombone is engraved:
O. Pollter & Co. Leipzig
This trombone was previously owned and used by trombonist Edward A. Williams, who purchased this trombone in Leipzig in 1900. Williams was a member the Sousa Band, 1892-1917.
NOTGELD DER GEMEINDE BOKEL / 20 PFG / KUCKUCK UN KIWITT REISEN NA NOORN / EN BLAST DE TRUMPET DE ANNER DAT HOORN / PFG 20 / AMTSBEZIRK HÖRNERKIRCHEN
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20 PF. / DIESER SCHEIN VERLIERT AM 31. DEZEMBER 1921 / SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT / DER AMTSAUSSCHUSS: I.A. [[signature]] / DER AMTSVORSTEHER: [[signature]] / 3019 / KONRAD HANE HAMBURG B
Large, inverted trumpet shape lidded and spouted flagon or 'Schnabelstitze' with the coat of arms of an unidentified city or municipality mounted on the low-domed lid, an armorial device bearing the German coat of arms applied to the front and three cast cherub-head feet attached at bottom. Two sets of machine-engraved bands around body below spout and above base. Device on body consists of a crowned, clipped-corner shield with single-headed eagle, head facing left, against crossed halberds. Lid is surmounted by a dolphin supporting a royal armorial device with shield depicting an angel holding a tablet or shield with two crossed hammers and crescent moon at her feet and a stone wall with three fortified towers behind; a forward-facing, open or barred helmet surmounted by a coronet of five leaves or sets of three pearls is above. All three feet are cast on reverse "16 70 / A W".
Maker is August Weygang, Jr. (1859-1946) of Öhringen, Germany, who continued his family's pewtermaking business, 1885-1946.
This harmonica was made by Christian Weiss in Germany, 1908. It is a Pipeolion model, with 10 single holes, 20 reeds, and 10 trumpets. This instrument has a wooden and metal comb. Accessioned with original cardboard box. Printed on the instrument in gold:
FULL ORGAN TONE PATTENT APPLIED FOR TRADE MARK MADE BY Ch. Weiss GERMANY