Antoniophon

An antoniophone is a brass instrument from the horn family with three or four valves in the middle of the helical coils and with a detachable bell .

It was first produced by Antoine Denis Courtois († 1880) in Paris in 1867, is related to the euphonium and is a further development of the Courtois Koenighorn , which has been produced since 1856. Other companies, including Boosey & Co. , London, also produced Antoniophones. The range ranged from an Eb soprano instrument ( corresponding to the cornet ) to an Eb basin instrument ( corresponding to the tuba ), the latter with the trade name Orpheon .

The antoniophone was mainly used in the USA until the 1890s, for example in the orchestra of John Philip Sousa . A set of five instruments, made in 1887, were used in Patrick Gilmore's band ; another five Antoniophones, made by Boosey from 1888-89, were played by a quintet in Australia.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Curt Sachs : Real Lexicon of Musical Instruments at the same time a polyglossary for the entire field of instruments. Julius Bard, Berlin 1913, p. 14
2. ↑ Euphonium Antoniophone. Nominal pitch B ♭ . Musical Instruments Museums Edinburgh (illustration)
3. ^ Alan D. Perkins: The History of the Marching Mellophone. The Original Instrument: The Koenig Horn. www.alsmiddlebrasspages.com
4. ↑ Horn Catalog. www.horn-u-copia.net
5. ↑ Arnold Myers, Eugenia Mitroulia: Antonio Phone. In: Laurence Libin (Ed.): The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Vol. 1, Oxford University Press, Oxford / New York 2014, pp. 108f