Cornet, B-flat, E-flat
Date1890 ca.
Place MadeFrance, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsStamped on top valve caps, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, two double loops connected by horizontal pitch-change valve, main tuning slide at first bow (serving both keys), two tuning slides for B-flat (one between pitch-change valve and third valve, one between third and second valve), fixed leadpipe, four Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½, and pitch-change from default B-flat to E-flat), bottom sprung, alignment by one key on nickel-plated brass pistons, single water key at main tuning slide, windway 4-3-2-1-4, valves one to three with two valve loops each (shorter for E-flat, longer for B-flat)
This true double cornet in E-flat and B-flat is constructed like a double horn with two separate sets of tubing for each pitch and two separate loops for each valve. The fourth valve switches from one pitch to the other.
DimensionsHeight: 317 mm
Tube length: 1324 mm (B-flat), 979 mm (E-flat)
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slides, valve slides): 10.1 mm, 9.9 mm, 10.5 mm, 10.6 mm, 10.6 mm, 10.6 mm
Bell diameter: 118 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Tony Bingham, London, England, 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. 211, 294.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07165
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