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Over-the-shoulder cornet, B-flat
Maker: John Franklin Stratton
Date: 1875-1878 ca.
Place Made:New York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved on brass plaque at bell: John F. / Stratton / New=York.
MarkingsStamped on first-valve rotor: 3
DescriptionBrass, one and a half loops, tuning slide at first bow, fixed leadpipe, three top-action string-operated rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), stop arm, spiral-spring return.
This model was offered in a flyer of Stratton Band Instruments from about 1875, as well as a Stratton catalog of 1878.
This model was offered in a flyer of Stratton Band Instruments from about 1875, as well as a Stratton catalog of 1878.
DimensionsHeight: 590 mm
Tube length: 1278 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.1 mm, 9.9 mm, 10.7 mm, 10.7 mm
Bell diameter: 110 mm
Tube length: 1278 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.1 mm, 9.9 mm, 10.7 mm, 10.7 mm
Bell diameter: 110 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1991 from Stewart and Lillian Caplin, New York, New York.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
On view
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 3: Valves Evolve (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2017), pp. 208, 224-226, 252, 311.
Object number: 07033