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Contrebasse Trompette en
Mi-b c.1900
This is unusual helicon shaped
"Contrebasse Trompette" made by a P. Naudine in Paris c.1900. This horn
represents the largest of a series of natural fanfare instruments used
primarily by a mounted cavalry band and is the only one in a helicon
shape. It is conical in shape over its entire length and has 4 coils.
This series of cavalry fanfare instruments were made in various sizes
eg: trumpets, altos and bass horns - all in the key of "Mi flat"
(Eb). A Couesnon catalog of the period lists the
entire series (see below).
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