Circular cornet, E-flat
Maker
Robb Stewart
Date1986
Place MadeNorth Hollywood, California, United States, North America
Serial No.167
SignedEngraved on bell: Made by / R. StewartMarkingsStamped on valve caps, touch pieces and rotors: “1”, “2”, “3”
Stamped on first valve case: 167
DescriptionBrass body, German-silver touchpieces; single coil; narrow U-shaped tuning slide after valve section; fixed leadpipe; three top-action string-operated rotary valves, horseshoe stop, spiral-spring return.
Replica of a typical Civil-War-era E-flat circular cornet, offered for example by the Martin Brothers and Moses Slater in New York City. Decorative features, such as the brace with scroll, are taken over from those and other New York makers.
DimensionsHeight: 347 mm
Tube length: 972 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10 mm, 9.5 mm, 11.6 mm, 11.1 mm
Bore diameter: 115 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1986 from Robb Stewart, North Hollywood, California.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. 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), p. 312.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06855
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1865-1880 ca.
1870 ca.