Cornet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Maker
J. W. York & Sons
Date1915-1918 ca.
Place MadeGrand Rapids, Michigan, United States, North America
ModelPerfect Tone
Serial No.53957
SignedEngraved on bell: PERFECT-TONE / J. W. YORK / AND / SONS / GRAND RAPIDS / MICH.MarkingsStamped on second valve casing, valve stems and water keys: 53957
Stamped on main tuning slide ferrule, and first and third valve slides (at mark of inner slides): LP
Stamped on valve casings, stems and top valve caps, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, satin-finish with gilded and burnished highlights, bell interior gold-plated, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop, quick-change to A with push rod and finger piece at narrow second bow, main tuning slide (low pitch slide) at third bow, fixed leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, pistons nickel-plated brass, single water keys (first and third bows), windway 3-2-1.
Long bell “Perfect-Tone” model with modified S-shaped leadpipe with an extra turn for the quick-change to A stop rod.
DimensionsHeight: 415 mm
Tube length: 1366 mm (B-flat), 1462 mm (A)
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slides, valve slides): 9.6 mm, 8.8 mm, 11.4 mm, 11.9 mm, 11.9 mm (0.468 inches)
Bell diameter: 120 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1988.
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. 125-26, 279.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06933
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