Cornet, circular, B-flat
Date1870-1880 ca.
Place DistributedUnited States, North America
Place MadeSaxony, Germany
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsDots mark correct valve-slide alignment.
DescriptionBrass, German silver, double loop, tuning slide at narrow loop after valve section, fixed leadpipe, three side-action (lever under) string-operated rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), stop arm, spiral-spring return.
Side-action circular cornets were less common than top action models. Made of brass with contrasting German-silver ferrules, this unsigned instrument has braces that suggest a Saxon origin.
DimensionsHeight: 281 mm
Tube length: 1265 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11 mm, 10.7 mm, 11.5 mm, 10.8 mm
Bell diameter: 126 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1992 from Stewart and Lillian Caplin, New York, New York.
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. 244, 252, 311.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07074
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