Soprano cornet, E-flat
Date1883-1884 ca.
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
ModelPocket model
Serial No.7645
SignedEngraved on bell: Made / by the / BOSTON / Musical Instrument / Manufy. // 1115MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: 7645
Stamped on valve stems and largest lug of spring anchor plate, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, double loop, main tuning slide at second bow, removable leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by three unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, brass pistons, single water key at first bow, windway 3-2-1.
Silver-plated brass tuning shank.
This pocket cornet in E-flat was offered in the Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory/Company catalogs from 1882 until 1915. Dating is based on the serial number stamped on the second valve casing. The meaning of the number on the bell is unclear.
DimensionsHeight: 248 mm
Tube length: 896 mm, 966 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11 mm, 10.6 mm, 10.7 mm (0.421 inches)
Bore diameter (shank, initial, minimum): 9.7 mm, 9.7 mm
Bell diameter: 97 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1996.
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. 170-71, 176, 287.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07135
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1875-1885 ca.