Over-the-shoulder cornet, E-flat
Date1855-1860 ca.
Place MadeUnited States, North America
Place MadeGermany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsUnderside of touchpieces and rotors marked with one, two, and three engraved strokes.
DescriptionGerman silver, one bow, tuning slide at leadpipe, three mechanical-linkage side-action rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), two external stop pins with cork buffers, top valve casing with opening, flat-spring return.
This over-the-shoulder cornet is unusual in several respects. The bell passes over the player's right shoulder rather than the left. The mechanical-linkage valve design with flat-spring return resembles that invented by Carl August Müller (1804-1870) in Mainz in 1833-34. It is, therefore, possible that this instrument was made either in Germany or by a German immigrant in the United States.
DimensionsHeight: 615 mm
Tube length: 916 mm, 928 mm
Bore diameter receiver: 10.8 mm
Bore diameter valve slides: 10.7 mm
Bore diameter tuning slide (initial, minimum): 10.6 mm, 10 mm
Bell diameter: 117 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1992 from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey.
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. 225-226, 250-251, 310.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07057
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1850-1860 ca.
