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I would like to know the history of the company or anything applicable.  I have a family of brass instruments consisting of a tenor horn, a baritone horn (named above), an Eb bass horn.  They are all in the upright rain catcher style.  These were used in a brass band in my home town starting in the early 20s.  Possibly brought over with imigrants settling in a coal mining town.

Thank you for any information you can give me.

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Hi Joe,

It is pretty cool that you have a set of the horns still together.  Historically, many horns were purchased in sets, but few of them remain together.

Tourville and Cie, however, was a tradename for instruments that were sold by Sears and Robuck.  

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