Author: kehammel
Date: 2021-01-23 06:23
I actually bought the horn. I haven't received it yet, but the seller provided more pictures, and the bell appears to be stamped with "Fillmore Music House." Assuming that checks out, a quick Google search shows that they were a dealer in Cincinnati (chiefly of brass instruments), and used that name from 1912-1952, when they were bought out by Carl Fischer.
I saw your very useful list of French manufacturers on the other forum, Modernicus. Also your post there about this instrument, thanks. There was no company named Drouelle, so the stamp on the instrument is presumably a stencil name used by some unknown manufacturer for Fillmore Music House. I figure we'll never know who made it.
Oddly enough, it looks similar to pictures of some Kohlerts, including the arrangement whereby the F sharp vent is located above the top ring and the throat A key and top ring both close it. Kohlert obviously not being located in Paris...
Ken
Post Edited (2021-01-23 06:25)
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