Vintage Elkhorn/Getzen Bell Flare - f-hole cut-outs french horn bell flare yields a full broad horn

yields a full broad horn sound and using a smaller vintage mellophone bell yields a quieter softer sound

This Conn 14D bell was graciously provided by a hornist from Evansville Indiana

All the applied items are nickel silver (0

and then painted with the scrollwork

It weighs 433g after the planets were applied

Vintage Elkhorn/Getzen Bell Flare - f-hole cut-outs french horn bell flare yields a full broad hornHere is a vintage bell, cleaned and customized with 15 f hole style cut outs. You can fit in with your fiddling friends or find a new way to appeal to string sections. This bell was obtained from an Elkhorn (division of Getzen) horn. Its serial number was 105754, which dates it to around 1958. It has been delacquered, fitted with an Alexander bell ring, cleaned and brought to a light brushed finish it is not polished. Original mass with bell ring =