WONDERFUL MAHILLON FRENCH HORN
GEORGES LEBRUN MODEL
Circa 1937
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100% Silver Coated
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+ 2 MAHILLON CROOKS ( 1 in F and 1 in Eb)
+ its rare Guilbaut Mouthpiece
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Bore Size 10,84mm / 0.427inch
Bell Size 28 cm / 11,024 inch
The MAHILLON Company was established in 1836
by Charles Borromée MAHILLON.
Since the middle of the XIXth cy, it was the most important
& the most famous Brass Instrument Factory in Belbium.
Victor Charles Mahillon (1841-1924)
established definitely the fame of this firm.
He was a remarkable acoustician well known all over the world
and he made a revolution in the manufacturing of the brass instruments.
He published then some reknowed books about the acoustic.
Some times after Victor Charles Mahillon died,
the Company was taken over by Jean Adrien SMITS.
The model of French Horn we are presenting
has the model number 499 as per the 1937 Catalogue.
It it the best issue model of a French Horn created and improved continually
by Charles Mahillon himself - by the end of the XIXth cy.
As it was the case for the Raoux Milleau,
it has been manufactured up to the first part of the XXth century.
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This instrument is quite unique regarding its acoustic conception
as decided by Charles Mahillon.
The crooks are unique in their structure as the leadpipe has a very narrow bore
which can accept only the Mahillon Mouthpieces
and as well than the very rare Guilbaut rayée Mouthpiece -
and exceptionnaly we supply this infindable one with the instrument.
It is necessary to have the original crooks
and the special mouthpiece fitting especially to this Instrument
in order to respect the wanted research elaborated by Mahillon himself
giving the so special sound of the Franco-Belge French horns School.
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Excepted a very tiny dent -scarcely visible on the very brim of the bell
and one or two pencil dings,
this instrument is in an outstanding shape with a 100% SILVER coat.
Its two crooks are as well in an excellent condition.
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The pistons valves are in a perfect shape
with an excellent compression and function easily.
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The sound is quite clear, bright, lighthful,
quite precise with an immediat response
with a great homogeneity on the whole tessitura.
The sound is quite faithful to the Franco-Belge School of that period.
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It is written on the bell
within a wonderful engraved floral design :
499
(model)
C.MAHILLON
succ. J.SMITS
Fournisseur
Breveté
de l'Armée
Et des
Conservatoires
Bruxelles
(Blason - See Pic)
Modèle adapté
par
M.Georges LE BRUN
Georges LE BRUN was a famous French Horn player
and was at the period a well-known teacher
at the Mons Conservatory in Belgium.
It is written on the Mouthpiece : (see pic)
Embouchure Rayée (Striped mouthpiece)
Guilbaut S.G.D.G.
avec Bords souples (soft brims)
Système JB. CARPE
Sgdg
Couesnon & Cie
94, rue d'Angoulême
Paris
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Supplied with :
- its 2 MAHILLON crooks (F & Eb)
- and its rare Guilbaut Mouthpiece
