Cornet, C
Date1883-1885 ca.
Place MadeFrankfurt/Oder, Germany, Europe
SignedEngraved at the bell: [Prussian coat of arms] / J. Altrichter / Grösste / Instrumenten Fabrik / Deutschlands / & Hoflieferant / Frankfurt A / OMarkingsInner valve cover plates, valve cases, and bar carrying the clock-spring mechanism marked with one, two and three strokes.
DescriptionGerman silver, abalone shell touchpieces, triple loop, tuning slide at narrow first bow, fixed leadpipe, three rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), three-point-wing device, one stop pin, clock-spring return in polygonal case, regulating gear.
Original German-silver mouthpiece; original form-fitted case.
Cornet with exceptionally small bore.
DimensionsHeight: 224 mm
Tube length: 1189 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 6.5 mm, 6.3 mm, 6.7 mm, 6.7 mm
Bell diameter: 77 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Stan Freese, Anaheim, California.
Published ReferencesAndre P. Larson, “One of the Great Collections … Joe & Joella Utley Donate More than 500 Rare Brass Instruments” America’s Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. 26, No. 4 (November 1999), p. 3.
Sabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 3: Valves Evolve (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2017), pp. 150, 168-171, 193, 301.
Sabine K. Klaus, "Cornet in C by Julius Altrichter, Frankfurt/Oder, ca. 1885," International Trumpet Guild Journal, March 2017, p. 40.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07218
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