Alto or Tenor Cornopean, 1837–50, Lierre, Belgium, Belgian, Brass, nickel-silver, Width: 15 9/16 in. (39.6 cm), Aerophone-Lip Vibrated, Melchior Gomar de Vries (Belgian, active Lierre 1838 until late 19th century), 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
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Alto, Tenor Cornopean, 1837–50, Lierre, Belgium, Belgian, Brass, nickel-silver, Width, 15 9/16, 39.6 cm, Aerophone-Lip Vibrated, Melchior Gomar de Vries, active Lierre, 1838, until late 19th century, tenor, horn, evolved, 1821, hybrid, fluegel horn, trumpet, bore, tenors widened, course, nineteenth, earlier types, instrument, continued, built, bass trumpets
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