Cornet, B-flat, A, high pitch / low pitch
Maker
Frank Holton & Company
Date1913
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelNew Proportion #0 Bore Profile Finish D (Silver Plated, Sand Blasted, Polished Gold Bell Inside)
Serial No.26207
SignedEngraved on bell: NEW / PROPORTION / MADE BY / Frank Holton & Co. / CHICAGOMarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: UNION / MPBP / B & SW [within shield] / LABEL / O— / FRANK HOLTON & CO. / CHICAGO / 26207
Stamped on valve stems and caps (inside): 26207
Stamped on quick-change slide: PAT. OCT. 17. 11
Stamped on clamp ferrule for lyre holder: 0
Stamped on valve casings, stems, caps, and largest guide lug, repsectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, bell interior gold-plated, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop, quick-change to A with stop rod and lock nuts (first bow), high pitch / low pitch slide (two alternative slides) at narrow third bow, fixed leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, pistons nickel-plated brass, single water keys (quick-change, high/low pitch slides), windway 3-2-1.
Alternative sets of high pitch and low pitch main tuning slides and valve slides; silver-plated straight mute.
Silver cornet mouthpiece, stamped: FRANK HOLTON / CHICAGO / 27
Silver cornet mouthpiece, stamped: FRANK HOLTON / CHICAGO / 30
The patent mentioned on the quick-change slide refers to US patent 1,005,972, applied for by Frank Holton on March 9, 1908, and granted on October 17, 1911. Same model as NMM 7256 but with both sets of high pitch and low pitch tuning slides preserved.
DimensionsHeight: 395 mm
Tube length: 1294 mm (B-flat, HP), 1339 mm (B-flat, LP), 1411 mm (A)
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slides, valve slides): 9.6 mm, 8.7 mm, 11.7–11.8 mm, 11.8 mm (0.465 inches)
Bell diameter: 118 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Rich Ita, Atlanta, Georgia.
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. 128-29, 142, 278.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07240
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