| inscribed Lorenzo Sansone New York U.S.A.
It was played in the 1940s, so it is at least that old
bell 12.5 in
LOPT: This model of double horn had the smaller Bb valve slides above the F slides. In the picture several of the slides are in the wrong place. Third valve is OK. First valve...move top slide to lower position....take second valve lower slide and put it on top of first valve. Take the remaining two slides and place the longer one on the bottom of the second valve and the shorter one on top.
Its not a well-liked model (later copied by Holton). Sansone is most noted for single Bb horns with as many as 5 valves. I have a 3-valve Bb Sansone and a 1938 King 1155 which was based on Sansones 5-valve Bb model.
dankney: I do not understand why anyone could dislike a Sansone Double. Mine plays like a dream.
I play an Elkhart 8D as my main horn; this is my "small horn" for chamber work. Its as free-blowing as my 8D (very mild resistance), but is much "notchier" and easier to balance in chamber work (a full-sounding pp takes a huge amount of effort on my 8d). It can do a decent FF as well, but its a Chicago-style sound, not the dark 8D sound that I love for large orchestra work.
Sure, its no Lewis or Geyer original, but if you want a Chicago-style horn and ca not afford the price point for one of the big names, its fabulous.
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