Cornet, B-flat, high pitch
Maker
Joseph Higham
Date1891-1892 ca.
Place MadeManchester, England, Europe
Serial No.45139
SignedStamped on bell: PATENT / CLEAR BORE / [English Royal coat of arms with lion and unicorn] / EXHIBITION / PRIZE MEDALS / AWARDED / TO / J. HIGHAM / MAKER / 127. STRANGEWAYS / MANCHESTER / ENGLAND / 45139 / [applied cast shield with English Royal coat of arms with lion and unicorn]MarkingsStamped on valve stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, double loop, tuning slide at second bow, removable leadpipe (B-flat shank), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring outside stem, alignment by one key on piston (nickel-silver), double water key (first and third bows), windway 3-2-1.
Silver-plated tuning shank for B-flat.
Another B-flat cornet by J. Higham, serial number 45787 (MIMEd no. 3877), was “presented by Joseph Higham to Stubbins valve brass band, won by contest Augst. 1892” helping to date the current instrument to 1892, or slightly earlier. This cornet was actually made during the era of Joseph Higham’s son-in-law and successor Peter Robinson, who took over in 1883.
DimensionsHeight: 327 mm
Tube length: 1203 mm, 1264 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.9 mm, 10.7 mm, 11.4–11.5 mm, 11.6 mm
Bore diameter (shank, initial, minimum): 9.9 mm, 9.1 mm
Bell diameter: 123 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1983 from Jack Silver, Washington, D. C.
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. 48-49, 267.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06846
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