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Cornet, B-flat, A
Cornet, B-flat, A
Cornet, B-flat, A

Cornet, B-flat, A

Date1893
Place MadeWilliamsport, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
ModelLondon Model
Serial No.10553 (bell), 11381 (valve cluster)
SignedStamped on bell: TRADE [American eagle with valved Trumpet] MARK / LONDON / MODEL / HENRY DISTIN MFG. Co. / MAKERS / WILLIAMSPORT. PA / 10553
MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: 11381
Stamped on valve casings, caps, spring stems and finger buttons, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, valve caps and water keys gilded, double loop, tuning slide at second bow, removable leadpipe (shanks), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring outside stem, alignment by one key on piston (nickel silver), double water key (first and third bows), windway 3-2-1.

Two silver tuning shanks for B-flat and A.

Dating based on serial numbers. Made after Henry Distin’s retirement in 1890, during the general management of Brua Cameron Keefer, Sr., (1860-1927).

DimensionsHeight: 311 mm
Tube length: 1234 mm, 1298 mm, 1389 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.6 mm, 9.8 mm, 11.5 mm, 11.6 mm
Bore diameter (shanks, range initial, minimum): 9.8 mm, 9.1–8.7 mm
Bell diameter: 128 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1988.
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. 62, 64, 271.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06917
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