The Thibouville-Lamy old euphonium horn
March 31, 2009 by Robert Medley
Filed under Brass, Instruments
Mr. Boyette has acquired a euphonium horn marked Thibouville-Lamy Paris and has asked us to help with the identification. Langwills index of wind instrument makers 6th edition lists the following about Jerome Thibouville Lamy; Born 1 Feb. 1833 Firm claims to have been founded in 1790 and is still active. Before 1867 he owned woodwind factories at La Couture and from 1864 for brass and stringed instruments at Grenelle In Paris the address was and still is 68-70 rue Reaumur and in 1894 in London 7 Charterhouse Street E.C.
Horns by this maker are represented in many collections in the U.S. and throughout Europe. This maker was the first to make a F/Bflat horn with ascending third valve, as designed by Louis Vuillermoz circa 1928.
If you have more information concerning this, please feel free to post it in a comment below.
Travis, do you have other photos you could send in? Other than above, the ones you sent were smaller than thumbnails.
From the photo provided, I would say this horn dates between 1890 and 1910. It is an example of a WWI military band horn.