Cornet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Maker
Frank Holton & Company
Date1910
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelNew Proportion Couturier Model #0 Bore Profile Finish H (Gold Plated, Burnished]
Serial No.9188
SignedEngraved on bell: NEW / PROPORTION / COUTURIER MODEL. / MADE BY / Frank Holton & Co. / CHICAGOMarkingsStamped on left side of second valve case: O— / FRANK HOLTON / CHICAGO. / 9188
Stamped on valve stems and top valve caps (inside): 9188
Stamped on quick-change slide: PATENT / PENDING
Stamped on valve casings, stems and caps, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver- and gold-plated brass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop, quick-change to A with stop rod (missing) at first bow, main tuning slide at narrow 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 on tuning slides, windway 3-2-1.
The stamp PATENT PENDING on the quick-change slide refers to US patent 1,005,972, for which Frank Holton applied on March 9, 1908. It was granted on October 17, 1911, for a compact wrap of both, the quick-change and main tuning slides in front of the third valve loop, resulting in a longer bell portion. This gave the instrument an elongated shape in new proportions, hence the model name.
DimensionsHeight: 395 mm
Tube length: 1338 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slides, valve slides): 9.7 mm, 8.9 mm, 11.1 mm, 11.8–11.9 mm, 11.85 mm (0.467 inches)
Bell diameter: 120 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Rich Ita, Atlanta, Georgia.
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. 128-29, 277.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07256
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