Cornet, E-flat
Maker
Moses Slater
Date1871-1874 ca.
Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on German-silver plaque at bell: M. Slater, / Maker, / N.Y.MarkingsStamed on valve case rings and rotors, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass, German silver, single loop, telescopic tuning slide with gear adjustment at leadpipe, three top-action string-operated rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), stop arm, spiral-spring return.
This cornet is an example of a new, narrower cornet design with wide-flaring bell that was advertised as "Newly Improved Cornet, For Leaders" in a catalog of the Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory from 1869. Moses Slater’s catalogs of 1871 and 1874 show a similar type of E-flat cornet, however, with a more bugle-like bore and bell flare.
DimensionsHeight: 305 mm
Tube length: 894 mm, 913 mm
Bore diameter receiver (initial, minimum): 11 mm, 10.8 mm
Bore diameter valve slides: 10.9 mm
Bore diameter tuning slide (initial, minimum): 10.4 mm, 9.8 mm
Bell diameter: 116 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Joseph Peknik, New York, New York.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, 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), pp. 208, 226-227, 231, 250-251, 307.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06819
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