Cornet, C, B-flat, A, low pitch
Distributor
Rudolph Wurlitzer Company
Date1915 ca.
Place DistributedChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Place DistributedCincinnati, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelLyric 590 Long Model
Serial No.7 [?]
SignedEngraved on bell: Lyric / WURLITZER / U.S.A.MarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: PAT. JULY. 1910.
Stamped on right side of second valve casing and valve stems: 7
Stamped on valve casings and stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single/double loop, main tuning slide at first bow (C setting) or alternatively small addition loop between leadpipe and main tuning slide for B-flat setting with quick-change to A stop rod, fixed leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, nickel-plated brass pistons, single water key at C main tuning slide, windway 3-2-1.
German-silver straight mute, stamped: ELTO…
Silver lyre, and cleaning stick.
This "Lyric LONG MODEL C, Bb AND A CORNET NO. 590 with Finish III – Triple silver-plated, sand blast velvet finish, bell interior hand burnished" features a B-flat/A tuning slide loop that can be removed. When removed, the instrument is in C. The patent likely refers to J. W. York’s US patent no. 963,768 from July 12, 1910 for a "pitch changer."
DimensionsHeight: 406 mm
Tube length: 1117 mm, 1326 mm, 1406 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slides, valve slides): 9.7 mm, 8.8 mm, 11.8 mm, 11.7 mm (0.46 inches)
Bell diameter: 113 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1988.
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. 157-58, 285.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06913
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