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Cornet, C
Maker: Wenzel Stowasser's Sohne
Date: 1900 ca.
Place Made:Kraslice (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.
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
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.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
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.
Object number: 06991