Over-the-shoulder cornet, E-flat
Date1855-1860 ca.
Place MadeUnited States, North America
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsStamped on rotors, inner cover plates, and horseshoe stops, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass, German silver, one bow, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe, three top-action string-operated rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), internal stop, flat-spring return.
Original oak case with iron, brass and leather fittings.
The valve design shows some resemblance to US patent no. 12,628, granted on April 3, 1855, to Gustav Hammer in Cincinnati, Ohio. The internal stop was meant to avoid openings within the valves to keep dust or dirt from entering.
DimensionsHeight: 610 mm
Tube length: 911 mm, 918 mm
Bore diameter receiver: 10.1 mm
Bore diameter valve slides: 10.1 mm
Bore diameter tuning slide (initial, minimum): 9.5 mm, 9.4 mm
Bell diameter: 136 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1990 from Stewart and Lillian Caplin, 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, 218-219, 249-250, 310.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06988
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