Alto or Tenor Cornopean
Melchior Gomar de Vries
1837–50 · Brass, nickel-silver · Musical Instruments
The tenor horn evolved in about 1821 as a hybrid of the fluegel horn and the trumpet. The bore of tenors widened over the course of the nineteenth century, but earlier types, like this instrument, continued to be built and were often called bass trumpets.
- Artist
- Melchior Gomar de Vries
- Date
- 1837–50
- Medium
- Brass, nickel-silver
- Culture
- Belgian
- Department
- Musical Instruments
- Credit line
- The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
