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Cornet à pistons, B-flat, A, G, F
Maker: Charles-Joseph Sax
Date: 1845 ca.
Place Made:Brussels, Belgium, Europe
Serial No: 8033
SignedEngraved on bell: C. Sax / Bruxelles 8033
DescriptionBrass, double loop, tuning slide at second bow, three Stölzel valves (1, ½, 1½), screw alignment.
Original wooden case with fitted compartments for five crooks, one or two mouthpieces and two or three shanks. Two brass tuning shanks for B-flat and A, one brass crook for G, one brass coupler for F.
Typical cornet model by Charles-Joseph Sax with third valve loop folded backwards and over.
Original wooden case with fitted compartments for five crooks, one or two mouthpieces and two or three shanks. Two brass tuning shanks for B-flat and A, one brass crook for G, one brass coupler for F.
Typical cornet model by Charles-Joseph Sax with third valve loop folded backwards and over.
DimensionsHeight: 277 mm
Tube length: 1285 mm, 1330 mm, 1412 mm, 1585 mm, 1789 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slide): 11.6 mm, 10.4 mm, 11.1 mm, 11.5 mm
Bore shanks and crook (initial, minimum): 9.7–9.2 mm, 9.5–9.1 mm
Bore coupler (initial, minimum): 11.4 mm, 10.5 mm
Bore diameter: 126 mm
Tube length: 1285 mm, 1330 mm, 1412 mm, 1585 mm, 1789 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slide): 11.6 mm, 10.4 mm, 11.1 mm, 11.5 mm
Bore shanks and crook (initial, minimum): 9.7–9.2 mm, 9.5–9.1 mm
Bore coupler (initial, minimum): 11.4 mm, 10.5 mm
Bore diameter: 126 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Tony Bingham, London, England.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Published ReferencesSabine 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. 41, 294.
Object number: 06178