CORNET COMPENSATOR SYSTEM. F. SUDRE c. 1900

Francois SUDRE (Carcassonne 1844 – Chateau-Thierry c.1912.)

Stamped on the bell: “(cor au cipher FS) / 83 medals and patents / HALARI /

Diploma of Honor / F. SUDRE / Sole supplier to the Navy / Factor of the Conservatory /

and the army / 5 boulevard Rochechoirt / in Paris”.

Additional mark on the first piston: “3389 / Daniel patented adjuster (in an oval) / FS cipher horn.

“Syst. Compensator” and the tone inscribed on nickel silver plates welded to the pumps.

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Three Perinet valves.

The “Compensating System” is based on the inventions of Jean-Baptiste ARBAN (1825-1889) and the applications of E. DANIEL in Marseille, with whom François SUDRE was an apprentice.

Biblio: “the New Langwill Index”, pp. 10, 80 & 391