Cornet, B-flat
Date1860 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsStamped on valve casings and caps, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass, double loop, tuning slide at second bow, removable leadpipe (shank), first and third valve transitional Stölzel/Périnet, second valve Périnet (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung with spring outside stem, alignment by one key on piston (brass), modèle français, windway 3-2-1.
Attribution to the Parisian firm of Gautrot is based on decorative features, such as the shape of the knob at the second valve, and especially the use of a transitional valve type that was produced by this firm. First and third valves retain the narrow diameter and vertical windway of the Stölzel valve, while the second valve is a normal Périnet valve.
DimensionsHeight: 315 mm
Tube length: 1244 mm, 1312 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 12 mm, 10.4 mm, 11.3 mm, 11.3 mm
Bore diameter (shank, initial, minimum): 9.2 mm, 8.6 mm
Bell diameter: 113 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1996.
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. 9-11, 263.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07183
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