Cornet, B-flat (bell front, upright, over-the-shoulder)
Maker
Robb Stewart
Date1988
Place MadeNorth Hollywood, California, United States, North America
Serial No.204
SignedEngraved on all three bells: Made by / R. STEWARTMarkingsStamped on valve caps, rotors and underside of touch pieces: “1”, “2”, and “3”
Stamped on first valve case: 204
DescriptionCopper body and bells, brass trimmings and valve parts. Three alternative bells for bell front, upright, and over-the-shoulder configuration. Tuning slide formed by small tilted loop after valve section; fixed leadpipe; three top-action string-operated rotary valves, horseshoe stop, spiral-spring return.
The instrument is an interesting compilation of all three types of cornets common during the Civil-War-era: bell front, over-the-shoulder, and bell upright.
DimensionsHeight: 380 mm, 731 mm, 515 mm
Tube length: 1102 mm (with all three bells)
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.2 mm, 9.2 mm, 12 mm, 11.6 mm
Bell diameter: 115 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1988 from Robb Stewart, North Hollywood, California.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. 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), p. 311.
“An Interview with Instrument Maker and Restorer Robb Stewart,” Website of the Historic Brass Society, (http://www.historicbrass.org/Interviews/tabid/167/TheStacks/InterviewsContents/Interviews2006/RobbStewartInterview/tabid/210/Default.aspx)
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06938
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