Circular cornet, B-flat
Date1860 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
ModelNew Patent Model
Serial No.7794
SignedStamped on bell: C. BOOSE / BOOSEY & SONS / 7794 / 24 & 28 HOLLES ST / LONDONMarkingsnone
DescriptionBrass, copper-coloured bell (later), S-shaped tubing followed by one coil, tuning slide at second bow (lower bend of S), removable leadpipe (shank), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, screw alignment, pistons brass, windway 3-2-1.
Boosé advertised cornets of this design in the Musical World of July 28 and August 11, 1855, as C. Boosé’s “New Patent Model” for the price of seven Guineas. The German-born Carl Boosé was employed as band music editor and wind instrument tester by the London firm Boosey & Sons. According to the address given in the signature, this instrument was made between 1857 and 1864.
DimensionsHeight: 312 mm
Tube length: 1243 mm, 1313 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.7 mm, 9.9 mm, 11.6 mm, 11.6 mm
Bore diameter (shank, initial, minimum): 9.8 mm, 9.2 mm
Bell diameter: 120 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1990.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 4: The Heydey of the Cornet (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2022), pp. 12-15, 264.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07009
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1973 ca.