Cornet, B-flat
Distributor
Henry Distin
Date1860 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Place DistributedLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on silver shield applied to bell: HENRY DISTIN / MAKERS / LONDONA second, unidentified stamp underneath the shield (visible from the inside of the bell)
MarkingsStamped on valve cases, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass (largely worn off), double loop, tuning slide at second bow, removable leadpipe (shank), first and third valve transitional Stölzel/Périnet, second valve Périnet (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung with spring in capsule, alignment by one key on brass pistons, modèle anglais, windway 3-2-1
Valves with pistons and valve casings of two different sizes: First and third valves are more slender because the tubing leading into them and out of them is arranged only on two sides (left and right), similar to the Stölzel valve. The second valve is wider because it is constructed in the normal manner of a Périnet valve with passages on three sides (left, right and front).
Distin’s signature placque hides the maker's signature that is directly stamped on the bell. A possible maker might be Gautrot aîné in Paris, who used a similar valve design in a cornet that survives at the Musical Instrument Museum Edinburgh (no. 2935).
DimensionsHeight: 313 mm
Tube length: 1184 mm, 1249 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 12 mm, 10.4 mm, 11.4 mm, 11.5 mm
Bore diameter (shank, initial, minimum): 10 mm, 9.5 mm
Bell diameter: 121 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
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. 9-11, 263.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07347
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