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Cornet, C

Date1900 ca.
Place MadeKraslice (Graslitz), Bohemia, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: TRADE Bohemia … / [W.] STOWASSER’S SÖHNE / PREMIADA FÁBRICA / DE INSTRUMENTOS DE BANDA / GRASLITZ (BOHEMIA) / CHECOSLOVAQUI[A] / CLASE A
MarkingsStamped inside of valve caps, inner cover plates, rotors and connecting rods, respectivley: 7, 8, 9
DescriptionGerman silver, tuning slide at second bow, fixed leadpipe, three rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), three-point-wing device, one stop pin, narrow clock-spring return.

The Spanish signature indicates this cornet was made for distribution by one of the Spanish-speaking branches of Stowasser’s Söhne. The firm had branches in Barcelona and Buenos Aires since about 1899. This cornet shows a rather unusual valve construction with very narrow clock-spring casing. The arrangement of the three-point-wing device on the opposite side of the touchpieces is reminiscent of American side-action rotary valves and, possibly, an indication that this cornet was made for the South American market.
DimensionsHeight: 298 mm
Tube length: 1160 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 9.8 mm, 9.2 mm, 10.3 mm, 10.4 mm
Bell diameter: 123 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1990 from Fred Oster, Vintage Instruments, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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. 166-167, 170-171, 190, 302.




Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06991
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