Cornet, B-flat, A, high pitch / low pitch
Distributor
Oliver Ditson Company
Trade Name
Bay State
(trade name of John C. Haynes & Co.)
Date1899 ca.
Place DistributedBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: OLIVER DITSON COMPANY / BAY STATE / OD (monogram with fish) / BostonMarkingsStamped on valve casings, caps (inside), and largest guide lug: 34, 35, 36
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, double loop, tuning slide at second bow (two alternatives for high and low pitch), removable leadpipe (shanks), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by three unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, pistons nickel-plated brass, double water key (first and third bows), windway 3-2-1.
Two silver-plated brass tuning shanks for B-flat and A; high pitch (original) and low-pitch (later?) tuning slide.
"Bay-State" was the trade name for top-of-the-line brasswinds by the Oliver Ditson Company in Boston, under the leadersip of John C. Haynes. The "Bay State" band instrument department was established in 1898, while the trade name had been in use earlier for guitars and mandolins.
The present cornet is a close copy of an Arban Model by Antoine Courtois in Paris.
DimensionsHeight: 310 mm
Tube length: 1218 mm, 1281 mm, 1295 mm, 1362 mm, 1385 mm, 1452 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slides, valve slides): 11.9 mm, 10.3 mm, 11.7 mm, 11.7 mm (0.46 inches)
Bore diameter (shanks, range initial, minimum): 9.4–9.3 mm, 8.8–8.9 mm
Bell diameter: 126 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Vince DiMartino, Danville, Kentucky.
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. 72-73, 272.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07261
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