Alto cornet, E-flat
Trade Name
Pierre Marceau & Cie
Distributor
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
(distributor)
Date1900 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Place DistributedChicago, Illinois, United States
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: Marceau & Cie / ParisMarkingsStamped on valve casings and spring stems, respectively: 22, 23, 24
Stamped on second valve casing: 4
DescriptionNickel-silver-plated brass, double loop, main tuning slide at first bow, fixed, curved leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top- sprung, spring outside stem, alignment by one key on brass piston, single water key at main tuning slide, windway 1-2-3.
Marceau & Cie, Paris, was a trade name used by Sears, Roebuck & Co. in Chicago for European imports. Bohland & Fuchs in Graslitz are confirmed as producers of this line (see 01030 and 01663).
DimensionsHeight: 459 mm
Tube length: 1977 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 10.6 mm, 10 mm
Bell diameter: 172 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Sid Glickman, Yonkers, New York, 1985.
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. 75-76, 272.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06803
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