Cornet, B-flat, high pitch
Distributor
Henry Distin
Distributor
J. W. Pepper
Date1882
Place DistributedPhildelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
Place DistributedNew York, New York, United States, North America
ModelBerlin Model
Serial No.1261
SignedStamped on bell: HENRY DISTIN / IMPORTER / FOR J.W. PEPPER / PHILA. AND N. YORK / No 1261MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1, 2, 3
Engraved on inner valve slides: XXIII
DescriptionBrass, double loop, tuning slide at second bow, removable leadpipe (shank), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside barrel, alignment by one key on piston (brass), single water key at first bow, windway 3-2-1.
B-flat brass tuning shank.
Based on the serial number, this cornet can be dated to 1882, the year when Henry Distin moved from New York to Philadelphia and started employment with James Welsh Pepper (1858-1919). The wording in the signature indicates that the instrument was not actually made in the United States but imported from Europe. The “Berlin model” was the cheapest of Distin's models.
DimensionsHeight: 312 mm
Tube length: 1178 mm, 1270 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tubing slide, valve slides): 11.8 mm, 10.5 mm, 11.4 mm, 11.4 mm
Bore diameter (shank, initinal, minimum): 9.5 mm, 8.3 mm
Bell diameter: 115 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. 61, 67, 269.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06953
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