Slide Horn (Corno/Tromba da Tirarsi)

*These are built to order. Please give a few months for completion.*

Introducing our Slide Horn, also called a Corno or Tromba da Tirarsi. We collaborated with builder Susan Anderson of Jackalope Brassworks in Portland, Oregon to create this unique instrument capable of playing baroque music calling for the Corno/Tromba da Tirarsi to new music written today in modern and jazz styles.

The idea for this instrument came from Corno/Tromba da Tirarsi parts written by J.S. Bach, a chromatic slide horn/trumpet instrument from the early 18th century. For the body of the horn we went with a Fürst Pless Horn. These are 4.5ft Bb signaling instruments made in Germany. They are easy to find used, play very well, and resemble the Corno da Tirarsi made by Egger in Switzerland. They have more conical tubing and a wider bell throat than the Egger instrument, which is preferable for Horn players and gives a more in tune low register.

We can build these for either a horn mouthpiece shank or a trumpet mouthpiece shank (baroque trumpet shank available on request). There are 2 slide designs as well, a 5 position Bb instrument or a 4 position C instrument. Prices are as follows:

5 Position Bb Instrument, Horn or Trumpet Shank – $1,500 Base
Fürst Pless Horn Corpus
5 Position Slide in Bb at A=440
Slide Extension for Bb at A=415 (or A at A=440)

4 Position C Instrument, Horn or Trumpet Shank – $1,650 Base
Fürst Pless Horn Corpus
4 Position Slide in C at A=440
Whole-Step Crook for Bb at A=440
Half-Step Crook for C and Bb at A=415

Additional coupler/slide to play in A at A=415 available on request for $250