Cornet, B-flat, A, G
Maker
Slater & Martin
Date1869-1874 ca.
Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on German silver plaque at bell: Slater / & Martin, / N.Y.MarkingsStamped on valve-case rings, respectively: 7, 8, 9
DescriptionGerman-silver, circular bow, double loop, tuning slide at narrow second bow, fixed leadpipe, three side-action (lever over) string-operated rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), stop arm, spiral-spring return.
German-silver over brass cornet mouthpiece with added sleeve to fit this instrument (contemporary but not original)
German-silver tuning slide stamped “A”
German-silver crook stamped “G”
Two tuning bits (one German-silver, possibly original, the other one of silver, not original)
Two alternative main tuning slides for B-flat and A.
Moses Slater (1826-1899) was in partnership with Godfrey Robert Martin (c. 1835-c. 1900), trading under the name of “Slater & Martin,” from 1869 to 1871. Slater offered this cornet model as "orchestra model, short pattern" in a catalog of 1874. The wide leadpipe of this instrument requires either a sleeve for a cornet mouthpiece or cornet-size shanks and crooks.
DimensionsHeight: 345 mm
Tube length: 1255 mm, 1304 mm, 1379 mm, 1534 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.3 mm, 10.3 mm, 11.7 mm, 11.6 mm
Bore diameter shanks and crook (range initial, minimum): 11.3–10.9 mm, 10.1–9.9 mm
Bell diameter: 116 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Stewart and Lillian Caplin, New York, New York.
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. 210, 236-237, 241, 252-253, 308.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06830
On View
Not on view
1870 ca.
1865-1880 ca.