Antique Musical Instruments/Antique Baritone horn

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America Standard HG
Baritone Horn, labeled American Standard High Grade, serial # 9802.  Silver-plated brass.  How old might this instrument be?
The horn is smaller than I have had before.  I understand it may be a student model.  What would you suggest about this?
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The horn dates to the late 1920s.  American Standard was - in a sense - a student model; but not like today.  The student models of that era lacked some of the fancy detailing, and features of the professional models, but were solid playing instruments.

The baritones and euphoniums of that era tended to be smaller.  The big euphoniums of today would have probably been called Bb basses back then.  

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