Finding Aid for Carl Busch Papers and Music Instrument Collection, circa 1833-1924 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

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Collection Overview

Title: Carl Busch Papers and Music Instrument Collection, circa 1833-1924Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

ID: 12/9/91

Primary Creator: Busch, Carl (1862-1943)

Extent: 50.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: The collection of papers and music instruments is organized into four series. Series 1, Music, is arranged alphabetically by either composer or arranger. Whenever possible an identification of the format of the music for each title (i.e., full score, condensed score, piano score, and parts) has been noted with the corresponding abbreviations, FS, CS, PS, P. Series 2, Correspondence, Books and Manuscripts, is arranged alphabetically by author. Series 3, Photographs and Ephemera, is arranged by type of material and alphabetically by subject. Series 4, Music Instruments, is arranged by instrument type. A 1912 bust of Carl Busch is also included at the end of this series.

Subjects: Brass Instruments, Musical Instrument Collections, Musical Instrument Makers - Europe, Musical Instrument Makers - United States, Woodwind Instruments

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of original and published music by Busch and other musicians, correspondence, newspaper and journal clippings, photographs, programs, books and music instruments.

Biographical Note

Carl Busch (1862 -1943) was a Danish born conductor, composer, educator and collector of music instruments. During his distinguished career, he served as the conductor of the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra and was knighted by the King of Denmark for his efforts to promote Scandinavian music in the United States. He composed works within numerous genres including choral, orchestral, wind band and chamber music. Mr. Busch served as guest conductor for major symphony orchestras in the United States, Europe and Scandinavia.

Subject/Index Terms

Brass Instruments
Musical Instrument Collections
Musical Instrument Makers - Europe
Musical Instrument Makers - United States
Woodwind Instruments


Box and Folder Listing


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Series 1: MusicAdd to your cart.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Arioso and Fanfare for Six Trumpets (FS), 1930Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 2: Arioso and Fanfare for Six Trumpets/Impromptu for Six Trumpets (FS), 1930Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 3: Birds Lawn Party, The (FS), 1928Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 4: Bobolinks (FS), 1923Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 5: Chant from the Great Plains, A (FS), 1921Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 6: Chippewa Lament, A (FS), 1921Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 7: Einar Tamberskelver (FS), 1925Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 8: Four Miniatures for Three Trumpets (FS), 1934Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 9: Hunters Horn, The (FS) (P), 1926Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 10: Impromptu: Sextet for Cornets or Clarinets (FS), 1933Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 11: Indian Lullaby (FS), 1917Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 12: In Festive Mood (FS) (P), 1934Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 13: Kansas City Spirit, The (FS), 1923Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 14: King Olaf (FS), 1903Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 15: League of the Alps, The (FS), 1900Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 16: May (FS), 1911Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 17: Meditation Quartet for Four Trombones (FS), 1934Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 18: Melodic Suite: Six Easy Violin Solos with Piano Accompaniment (PS) (P), 1921Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Box 2Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Northland Suite (FS), 1936Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 2: Ode to France (FS), 1919Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 3: Oh! Where do Fairies Hide Their Heads? (FS), 1922Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 4: Owl, The (FS), 1900Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 5: Ozark Reverie, An (FS), 1933Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 6: Paul Revere's Ride (FS), 1905Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 7: Prelude for Band (CS), 1932Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 8: Rustic Scene, A (FS), 1932Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 9: Sir Galahad (FS), 1921Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 10: Song of Spring (FS), 1913Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 11: Spirit of Interlochen (P), undatedAdd to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 12: Suite for Three Trumpets (FS) (P), 1933Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 13: Three Miniatures for Four Trumpets (FS) (P), 1934Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 14: Valse Elegiac for Alto Saxophone (PS), 1933Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 15: Valse Elegiac for Bb Clarinet (PS) (P), 1933Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Busch
Folder 16: Three Aces, The (FS) (P), 1933Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Clarke
Box 3Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Stephen Foster Melodies (FS) (P), 1935Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Foster (Guzman)
Folder 2: Stephen Foster Melodies (P), 1935Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Foster (Guzman)
Folder 3: Stephen Foster Melodies (P), 1935Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Foster (Guzman)
Folder 4: Emerald Isle (PS) (P), 1939Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Irons
Box 4Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Humboldt Brass Band Book, Bb Tenor 1 (p), Ca. 1860'sAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Humboldt Brass Band Book, Bb Tenor 2 and Eb Cornet 2 (P), Ca. 1860'sAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Humboldt Brass Band Book,Bb Cornets 2 and Alto 2 (P), Ca. 1860'sAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Humboldt Brass Band Book, Eb Cornet and Bass Drum (P), Ca. 1860'sAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Humboldt Brass Band Book, Eb Alto 1 and Eb Bass (P), Ca. 1860'sAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Humboldt Brass Band Book, Tenor 1 and Bb Bass (P), Ca. 1860'sAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Humboldt Brass Band Book, Eb Cornet 1 and Bb Cornet 1 (P), Ca. 1860'sAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Humboldt Brass Band Book, Solo Eb Cornet and Baritone (P), Ca. 1860'sAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: Humboldt Brass Band Book, Eb Cornet and Descriptive Catalogue of Band and Orchestra Music (P), Ca. 1860'sAdd to your cart.
Box 9Add to your cart.
Folder 1: North Dakota Hymn (CS)(P), 1927Add to your cart.
Composer/Arranger: Putnam
Series 2: Books and ManuscriptsAdd to your cart.
Box 5Add to your cart.
Folder 1: The Lur, undatedAdd to your cart.
Author: Busch
Folder 2: Description of Bell-Over-The-Shoulder Instruments, Ca. 1930'sAdd to your cart.
Author: Busch
Folder 3: Perlen aus der instrumenten-Sammlung, 1892Add to your cart.
Author: Dewit
Folder 4: Beloved Friend: The Story of Tchaikowsky and Nadejda von Meck, 1937Add to your cart.
Author: Drinker-Bowen
Folder 5: Sudier Over Bronzelurerne I National-Musaeet I Kjøbenhavn, undatedAdd to your cart.
Author: Hammerich
Folder 6: Catalogue of Books and Literary Material Relating to the Flute and Other Musical Instruments with Annotations, undatedAdd to your cart.
Author: Miller
Folder 7: Flutes from the Collection of Dayton C. Miller, 1928Add to your cart.
Author: Miller
Box 6Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Etuden und Capricen für Fagott, 1846Add to your cart.
Author: Neukirchner
Folder 2: Principles of Orchestration, undatedAdd to your cart.
Author: Rimsky-Korsakov
Folder 3: Principles of Orchestration: Musical Examples, undatedAdd to your cart.
Author: Rimsky-Korsakov
Folder 4: Unsere Musikinstrument, 1922Add to your cart.
Author: Schlosser
Folder 5: Famous Bands of the British Empire, 1926Add to your cart.
Author: Zealley
Folder 6: Zither Music: Volume VI, undatedAdd to your cart.
Author: Woodrow
Box 9Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Klingende Spil af den Danske Militaermusiks Historie, 1932Add to your cart.
Author: Lindhard, Knud
Series 3: Articles, Correspondence, News Clippings, Ephemera and PhotographsAdd to your cart.
Box 6Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1907-38Add to your cart.
Box 7Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Carl Busch and Various Instruments, Ca. 1930'sAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Flute Collection of Dayton C. Miller, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: LeRoy, Henri L., 1931Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Various Performers and Conductors, Ca. 1930'sAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Various Bands, Ca. 1930'sAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Newspaper and Journal Clippings, Ca. 1920's-1930'sAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Concert Programs, 1911-1940Add to your cart.
Folder 8: ABA Membership Certificate, 1930Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Certificate from The Musicians Mutual Relief Society of Boston, 1931Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Benter, Charles, 1938Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Buys, Peter, 1908-1937Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Hoyer, Carl, 1937-1938Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Landers, George W., 1862-1937Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Restorff, Henry, 1912-1938Add to your cart.
Box 8Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Richards, John J., 1927-1938Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Strickling, George, 1820-1965Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Verweire, John L., 1933-1938Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Visitors guide from the Music Educators National Conference exhibition of rare manuscripts and instruments and of the process of music engraving and printing, 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Salutation books from the Music Educators National Conference, 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Instrument Collection Scrapbook, Ca. 1860-1930Add to your cart.
Box 9Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Bachman, Harold, 1922-1938Add to your cart.
Folder 4: DeForest Cline, J., 1938Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Frey, George Otto, 1932-1938Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Harper, James C., 1936-1938Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Hayward, Richard B., ca. 1938Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Hindsley, Mark H., 1938Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Lhotak, Ferdinand R., 1938Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Mear, S. E., 1938Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Missud, Jean M., 1938Add to your cart.
Folder 12: O'Callaghan, W. J., 1938Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Treloar, Samuel H., ca. 1927-1938Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Correspondence, 1938Add to your cart.
Folder 15: The Etude Magazine, April, 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Newspaper Clippings and Magazine Articles from A.B.A. Files, ca. 1930-1940Add to your cart.
Folder 17: American Bandmasters Association Convention Materials, 1939-1940Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Ephemera from A.B.A. Files, ca. 1930-1940Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Pen and Ink Drawings, ca. 1890Add to your cart.
Box 10Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Carleton Symphony Band, 1931Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Moses Band, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Northwestern Band, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: State College Military Band, 1935Add to your cart.
Brookings, S.D.
Folder 5: Walter Smith Band, undatedAdd to your cart.
Series 4: Music InstrumentsAdd to your cart.
Box 10Add to your cart.
Item 1: Accordion, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Bassoon: H. Selmer, model number 175, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.70

Physical condition: poor

Material composition: wood, silver and brass

Item 2: Bassoon, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.69

Physical condition: poor

Material composition: wood and brass

Item 3: Bassoon: Buffet, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.67

Physical condition: good

Material composition: wood and silver

Item 4: Bassoon, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.68

Physical condition: good

Material composition: wood and silver

Item 5: Bamboo flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.22

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: bamboo

Item 6: Contrabass saxophone: Carl Fischer, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.147

Physical condition: very poor

Material composition: silver

Item 7: Fife, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.66

Physical condition: good

Material composition: silver

Item 8: Fife, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.65

Physical condition: poor

Material composition: wood and silver

Item 9: Piccolo, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.61

Physical condition: very poor

Material composition: wood, ivory and silver

Item 10: Piccolo, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.63

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: wood silver

Item 11: Piccolo, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.62

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: wood and silver

Item 12: Piccolo, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.60

Physical condition: very poor

Material composition: wood, ivory and silver

Item 13: Piccolo, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.59

Physical condition: poor

Material composition: wood, ivory and silver

Item 14: Piccolo, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.58

Physical condition: very poor

Material composition: wood, ivory and silver

Item 15: Piccolo, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.57

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: wood and silver

Item 16: Piccolo, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.56

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: wood and silver

Item 17: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.32

Physical condition: poor

Material composition: wood and silver

Item 18: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.31

Physical condition: very poor

Material composition: wood and brass

Item 19: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.34

Physical condition: poor

Material composition: wood and silver

Item 20: Flute: Firth Hall and Pond, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.29

Physical condition: poor

Material composition: wood, ivory and silver

Item 21: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.24

Physical condition: good

Material composition: wood and silver

Item 22: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.37

Physical condition: very poor

Material composition: wood and silver

Item 23: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.23

Physical condition: good

Material composition: wood

Item 24: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.44

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: wood and silver

Item 25: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.45

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: wood and silver

Item 26: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.46

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: wood and ivory

Item 27: Flute: Graves and Co, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.47

Physical condition: good

Material composition: wood and brass

Item 28: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.42

Physical condition: poor

Material composition: wood, ivory and brass

Item 29: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.49

Physical condition: good

Material composition: wood and silver

Item 30: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.41

Physical condition: good

Material composition: wood and silver

Item 31: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.48

Physical condition: very poor

Material composition: wood, brass and ivory

Item 32: Japanese flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.35

Physical condition: poor

Material composition: wood and ivory

Item 34: Flute: Schorpp Constanz, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.38

Physical condition: poor

Material composition: wood and brass

Item 33: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.36

Physical condition: poor

Material composition: wood and ivory

Item 35: Flute: W.M.S. Haynes and Co, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.39

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: silver

Item 36: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.43

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: silver

Item 37: Flute: W.M.S. Haynes, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.40

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: silver

Item 38: Erhu and bow, undatedAdd to your cart.

2 pieces.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.161

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: bamboo/sandalwood/snake skin

Item 39: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.078

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: wood

Item 40: Quena (Peruvian flute), undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.156

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: Bone

Item 41: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.87

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Wood and Ivory

Item 42: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.64

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: Wood and Silver

Item 43: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.85

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Wood

Item 44: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.144

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Wood and Silver

Item 45: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.143

Physical condition: Very poor

Material composition: Wood and Silver

Item 47: Flute: Jerome Thebouville Lamy, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.141

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Wood and Silver

Item 48: Flute: Geo. Cloos, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.140

Physical condition: Very poor

Material composition: Wood, Ivory and Silver

Item 49: Flute: William Hall & Son, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.139

Physical condition: Very poor

Material composition: Wood and Brass

Item 50: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.30

Physical condition: not assessed in database

Material composition: Maple

Item 51: Flute: Firth, Hall and Pond, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.137

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Wood, Ivory and Brass

Item 52: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.52

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Wood and Ivory

Item 53: Flute: H.F. Meyer, undatedAdd to your cart.

Physical condition: Very poor

Material composition: Wood and Ivory

Item 54: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.51

Physical condition: Very poor

Material composition: Wood, Ivory and Silver

Item 55: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.55

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Wood and Silver

Item 56: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.54

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: Wood and Silver

Item 57: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.53

Physical condition: Very poor

Material composition: Wood and Brass

Item 58: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.50

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: Wood and Silver

Item 59: Flute, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.33

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Wood and Silver

Item 60: Musette: Panorm E. Figli, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.25

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Wood and Ivory

Item 61: Oboe: Georg Berthold & Sons, Speyer, Germany, c. 1883-1920Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

on-accession number: 2004.120991.26

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: Wood and Silver

Instrument built by Johann Wilhelm Berthold (1855-1937)

Item 62: CC Contrabass Sarrusophone: Couesnon and Co., 1904Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.99

Physical condition: Poor, has original bocal, lowest key has falled off (included in case)

Material composition: Unlacquered Brass

Item 63: EEb Contrabass Sarrusophone: C. G. Conn, 1923Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.98

Physical condition: fair, has original bocal (torqued, brace needs resoldered), missing water key

Material composition: Silver Platted Brass

Item 64: Bb Bass Sarrusophone: Buffet, 1922Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.97

Physical condition: good, has original bocal

Material composition: Silver Platted Brass

Item 65: Soprano Sarrusophone: Buffet, 1924Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.96

Physical condition: good

Material composition: Unlacquered Brass

Item 66: Eb Alto Sarrusophone: Buffet, 1924Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.95

Physical condition: fair, missing bocal, missing right hand thumb rest

Material composition: Brass

Item 67: Bb Tenor Sarrusophone: Buffet, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.94

Physical condition: fair, contains original bocal

Material composition: Nickel Platted Brass

Item 68: Taragato: W. Kohlert and Sons, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.28

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: Wood and Silver

Item 69: Taragato: J. Schundav, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.27

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Wood and Silver

Item 70: Eb Alto horn: Jos. Seiffert, 1870Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.158

Physical condition: Fair, first and third valves frozen, second valve broken

Material composition: Brass with Nickel and Silver Garland

Item 71: Circular baritone: H.B. Jay Co., 1913Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.73

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Silver

Item 72: Coach horn: Wurlitzer, ca. 1929Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.122

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: Not listed in database

Item 73: Coach horn: H.B. Jay Co., ca. 1920Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.123

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: Brass

Item 74: Coach horn: C.G. Conn, ca. 1920Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.90

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: Brass

Item 75: Coach horn: C.G. Conn, ca. 1920Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.91

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Brass

Item 76: Coach horn: C.G. Conn, ca. 1920Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.92

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: Brass

Item 77: Coach horn, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.129

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: Brass

Item 78: Over the shoulder Bb cornet, ca. 1860Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.110

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Nickel

Item 79: Over the shoulder Bb tenor: John F. Stratton, ca. 1859-64Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.109

Physical condition: fair

Material composition: Brass

Item 80: Over the shoulder Bb tenor: John F. Stratton, ca. 1859-64Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.121

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Brass

Item 81: Over the shoulder Eb cornet, ca. 1860Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.114

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Brass and Nickel

Item 82: Over the shoulder Eb alto: Martin, Pollman and Co., ca. 1873-78Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.111

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Nickel

Item 83: Cornet: John F. Stratton, ca. 1859Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.113

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Brass

Item 84: Over the shoulder Eb bass: Christian R. Stark, ca. 1867Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.116

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Brass

Item 85: Over the shoulder Bb cornet, ca. 1860Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.117

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Nickel

NOTE: Third rotary valve key spring replaced and key resoldered on May 5, 2019 to repair broken key.

Item 86: Over the shoulder Eb alto: G. Freemantle, ca. 1862-1865Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.118

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Nickel/Brass

Item 87: Over the shoulder Eb bass: John F. Stratton, ca. 1859-1864Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.112

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Brass

Item 88: Cornet: Issac Fiske, ca. 1870Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.10

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Nickel

Item 89: Eb Trumpet: Boston Musical Instruments, ca. 1908Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.18

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Silver/Brass

Item 90: Cornet: C.G. Conn, 1924Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.16

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Silver/Brass

Item 91: Cornet: J.W. York & Son, ca. 1900Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.15

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Brass

Item 92: Cornet: Lyon & Healey, ca. 1875Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.14

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Brass

Item 93: Cornet, ca. 1880Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.13

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Nickel

Item 94: Cornet: F. Besson, ca. 1894Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.12

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Silver/Brass

Item 95: Cornet: Isaac Fiske, ca. 1868-1870Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.11

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Nickel

Item 96: Cornet (Eb butterfly cornet), ca. 1860Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.19

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Brass/Nickel

Item 97: Cornet: Hall and Quimby, 1870Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.20

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Brass

Item 98: Over the shoulder Eb tuba: Martin, Pollman and Co., ca. 1873-1878Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.119

Physical condition: Very Poor

Material composition: Nickel

Item 99: Over the shoulder Eb cornet: Henry William Moennig, ca. 1860Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.107

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Nickel

Item 100: Baritone: Martin, Pollman and Co., ca. 1860Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.115

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Nickel/Brass

Item 101: Cornopean, ca. 1850Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.17

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Brass/Ivory

Item 102: Cornophone: F. Besson, 1889Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.145

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Silver

Item 103: Flugelhorn: Henry A. Pratt, 1920Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.9

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Brass

Item 104: Tenor helicon: Harry B. Jay Co., undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.101

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Silver

Item 105: Herald trumpet: H.B. Jay Co., 1925Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.124

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Silver

Item 106: Herald trumpet: C.G. Conn, 1928Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.135

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Silver

Item 107: Herald trumpet: C.G. Conn, 1929Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.134

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Silver

Item 108: Herald trumpet: H.B. Jay Co., 1925Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.133

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Silver

Item 109: Herald trumpet: H.B. Jay Co., 1925Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.132

Physical condition: Silver

Material composition: Silver

Item 110: Herald trumpet: C.G. Conn, 1928Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.131

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Silver

Item 111: Herald trumpet: C.G. Conn, 1928Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.130

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Silver

Item 112: Herald trumpet: H.B. Jay Co., 1925Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.126

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Silver

Item 113: Hunting horn, ca.1870Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.76

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Animal Horn/Brass

Item 114: Keyed bugle: E.G. Wright, 1855Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.8

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Silver

Item 115: Keyed bugle, ca. 1830Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.1

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Copper/Brass

Item 116: Keyed bugle, ca. 1830Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.2

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Nickel/Silver

Item 117: Keyed bugle: Richardson and Co., 1847Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.3

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Copper/Brass

Item 118: Keyed bugle, ca. 1840Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.4

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Copper/Brass

Item 119: Keyed bugle: Firth Hall and Pond, ca. 1833Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.5

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Copper/Brass

Item 120: Ophicleide, ca. 1835Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.71

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Silver/Brass

Item 121: Over the shoulder Bb tenor: Isaac Fiske, ca. 1860Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.88

Physical condition: Very Poor

Material composition: Nickel

Item 122: Over the shoulder Bb baritone, ca. 1860Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.89

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Brass

Item 123: Over the shoulder E-flat alto horn, ca. 1860Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.157

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Brass

Item 124: Post horn, ca. 1820Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.21

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Brass

Item 125: Koru Bativo (Peruvian signal horn), undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.77

Physical condition: Very Poor

Material composition: Animal Horn

Item 126: Trumpet: Chas H. Parsons and Co, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.125

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Brass

Item 127: Eb Natural Trumpet, undatedAdd to your cart.

Silver finish

Condition: Fair

Item 128: Trumpet: Lehnert, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.128

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Silver/Brass

Item 129: Valved Trombone: R.A. Kaempf, ca. 1905-1911Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.127

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Brass

Item 130: Tuba, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.108

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Nickel

Item 131: Tuba, ca. 1870Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.120

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Nickel

Item 132: Tuba: C.G. Conn, 1895Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.153

Physical condition: Very Poor

Material composition: Brass/Silver Plate

Item 133: Accordion, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.104

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Wood/Paper/Brass

Item 134: Accordion: Carmen, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.146

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Metal/Plastic/Leather

Item 135: Bells, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.106

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Silver/Cord

Item 136: Bells, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.105

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Brass/Wood

Item 137: Turkish crescent, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.103

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Brass/Wood/Horse Hair

Item 138: Chinese painted drum: Kee Wo, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.86

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Wood/Animal Skin/Brass

Item 139: Cymbal, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.83

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Brass/Leather

Item 140: Bombo (Peruvian drum), undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.81

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Animal Hide/Leather/Metal

Item 141: Native American hand drum, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.82

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Animal Hide/Wood/Twine

Item 142: Drum, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.148

Physical condition: Very Poor

Material composition: Brass/Wood/Rope/Leather

Item 143: Revolutionary-era Field Drum, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.151

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Wood/Cord/Brass/Leather/Skin

Item 144: Drum, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.150

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Wood/Leather/Rope/Skin

Item 145: Drum, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.149

Physical condition: Very Poor

Material composition: Wood/Skin/Silver/Leather/Rope

Item 146: Drum sticks, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.152

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Wood/Brass

Item 147: Hammered dulcimer, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.74

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Wood/Metal

Item 148: Hurdy Gurdy: Colson Amirecort, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.75

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Wood/Ivory

Item 149: Nail harp (mbira), undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.84

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Silver/Wood

Item 150: Native American drum, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.80

Physical condition: Very Poor

Material composition: Animal Hide/Wood/Twine

Item 151: Native American rattle, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.79

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Animal Hide/Wood/Brass

Mandan tribe

Item 152: String drum instrument with carving, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.155

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Brass/Wood/Silver

Item 153: String drum instrument with carving, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.154

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Brass/Wood/Skin

Item 154: Cavalry bugle, ca. 1800Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.006

Physical condition: good

Material composition: brass

Item 155: Bb Pocket Cavalry Bugle: Reiffel & Husted, ca. 1910Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.007

Physical condition: good

Material composition: Lacquered Brass

Item 156: Flute: H.F. Meyer, undatedAdd to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.138

Physical condition: very poor

Material composition: wood, ivory

Item 157: Baton, Carved from Walrus Tusk, undatedAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Non-accession number: 2004.120991.159
Material compostition: Walrus Tusk
Item 158: Bust of Carl Busch, by Joergen Dreyer, ca. 1912Add to your cart.

Non-accession number: 2004.120991.160

Condition: Good

Material Composition: Painted plaster cast?

Mouthpiece Box 1Add to your cart.
Item 1: Mouthpiece to H.B. JA/Tenor Helicon BbAdd to your cart.
2004.120991.101A

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