Trumpet (cornet), B-flat
Date1950 ca.
Place MadeSaxony, Europe
ModelCornet Kölner Bauart (cornet Cologne type)
Serial No.214
SignedStamped on bell: V (topped by unfurling ribbon or upside down lyre)MarkingsStamped on top valve cap of second valve: 214
DescriptionBrass, nickel-silver (water key, valve parts), double loop, conical main tuning slide at narrow third bow, three mechanial-linkage rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), horseshoe stop, clock-spring return with tension regulating mechanism (wheel and gear), single water key at first bow, windway 1-2-3.
Common Saxon trumpet model, offered as "Cornet Kölner Bauart" by C. A. Wunderlich in Siebenbrunn. The instrument shows a trumpet-size mouthpiece receiver. However, it is ambiguous whether it was intended to be a cornet or a trumpet. The two terms seem to have been interchangable.
DimensionsHeight: 360 mm
Tube length: 1320 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.3 mm, 10 mm
Bell diameter: 126 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Leonid Locksin, Moscow, Russia, 1994.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07102
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