Cornet à pistons, B-flat, A, G, F
Maker
Charles-Joseph Sax
Date1845 ca.
Place MadeBrussels, Belgium, Europe
Serial No.8033
SignedEngraved on bell: C. Sax / Bruxelles 8033DescriptionBrass, 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.
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
ProvenancePurchased from Tony Bingham, London, England.
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.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06178
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Adolphe Sax & Cie
1846-1854 ca.
