The March Horn of the Month is a Seefeldt instrument pitched in “Bb”. “Seefeldt” is W.F. (William) Seefeldt, a manufacturer of brass instruments located in Philadelphia (114 North 5th Street in 1862).The Seefeldt Company exhibited at the Franklin Institute (1874), the Centennial Exposition (1876) and at the Paris Exposition (1878) winning medals at those three locations. In 1890, Albert Hentschke, his nephew, took control of the company and a name change to A. Hentscke & Son occurred in 1909.
This sturdy instrument is made of brass. The valves are rotary valves (valves are in the standard configuration: whole step, half step, step and a half). The bell inscription, in three lines reads “Seefeldt /Musical Instrument Manuf Co /Phila Pa”. The lead pipe area where the mouthpiece is inserted had been damaged. It was restored, in additional to some cosmetic work by Joel Bristor, a wonderful repair person and tuba player, in the Washington D. C. area. The instrument takes a cornet mouthpiece and is generally a conical instrument with a soft pastel sound.
In the late 1970’s, after the CBC was formed, a number of instruments were found in small flea markets/antique shops along Philadelphia’s South Street. The Seefeldt instrument and the Klemm & Bros (Horn of the Month March 2014) were found the same day lying on a table just waiting, wanting to be played again. The Seefeldt was used in many of the early tours by the CBC. It really was a challenge to play, but then some fortuitous magic occurred. Michael Johns, a Philadelphia horn player, producer of many of the Chestnut Brass CDs, and teacher at the Esther Boyer College of Music, Temple University was doing research for his DMA studies on Philadelphia area brass makers. In his travels he came upon a box of discarded brass instrument mouthpieces. Luck would then be found in that at the bottom of the box would be an original Seefeldt cornet mouthpiece. The instrument’s true character became apparent and its voice was dramatically different.
You can hear this instrument on Chestnut Brass Company and Friends, Listen to the Mockingbird, Books from the Band, Wo mit soll Ich Dich.

Of Interest:
Johns, Michael P. “Collauf and his Contribution to Moravian Music.” D.M.A. thesis,
Temple University, 1996. OCLC 36514053.
Collauf (first name unknown) worked in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, around 1800. Five
quintets of his for two clarinets, two horns, and bassoon have survived.
(Some information was taken from the websites listed below)

Free Library of Philadelphia
http://libwww.freelibrary.org/diglib/SearchItem.cfm?searchKey=6615542109&ItemID=c020516
Metropolitan Museum- Bb tuba
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/504632
Library Company of Philadelphia- Seefeldt trade card
http://lcpdams.librarycompany.org:8881/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=106471&local_base=GEN01
National Music Museum
http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/UtleyPages/StringRotaryValves/TopAction/6946/SeefeldtTrumpet6946.html
American Musical Instruments in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Laurence Libin
International Exhibition, 1876: Main Building – catalog: Page 332 #216 W. Seefeldt
https://books.google.com/books?id=eF4AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA332&lpg=PA332&dq=seefeldt+musical+instruments&source=bl&ots=7tIfh6pa3R&sig=xVVIPz-uuw_ENKmWewwanyXSEJM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QHbzVOL-Asi1oQTk7YHIDA&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=seefeldt%20musical%20instruments&f=false

Books of interest:
Eliason, Robert E. - Early American Brass Makers, The Brass Press, Nashville 1979
ISBN: 0-914282-25-5 (out of print)
Hall, Harry H. – A Johnny Reb Band From Salem – The Pride of Tarheelia
Da Capo Press, New York, 1980 ISBN 0-306-76014-2