Cornet, B-flat, A, high pitch / low pitch
Date1910
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelLong Model Epoch
Serial No.11723
SignedEngraved on bell: The / Buescher / PAT. OCT. 29. 07. (stamped) / ELKHART,- IND.MarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: OUR LABEL / MPB / P.I.U. (within cartouche) / FACTORY 39 [?] // 11723 / PAT. MCH. / 19. 1901.
Stamped on valve stems and top valve caps (inside): 11723
Stamped on valve casings, stems, top valve caps and largest guide lug, respectively: 1, 2, 3
Stamped at scribe line (indicating extension) of inner slide of high/low pitch tuning slide: LP
Stamped at scribe lines (indicating extension) of first valve slide: LP BI / A / LP A
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, satin finish with burnished highlights, bell interior and finger buttons gold-plated, the latter with mother-of-pearl inlay, double loop in S-shaped formation, quick-change to A with push rod (first bow), high pitch / low pitch slide with score mark on inner slides (second bow), fixed leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by three unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, pistons nickel-plated brass, single water keys (quick-change and third valve slide), windway 3-1-2.
Patent stamps refer to U.S. Patent no. 670,365, granted to Ferdinand A. Buescher on March 19, 1901, and U.S. Patent no. 869,619, granted to Buescher on October 29, 1907. The 1901 patent was for a cornet with “circular passage” around the second valve. The 1907 patent was granted for a bell in which the metal thickness increases continuously towards the bell rim. Both principles are implemented.
DimensionsHeight: 352 mm
Tube length: 1307 mm (B-flat, HP), 1363 mm (B-flat, LP), 1395 mm (A, HP), 1451 mm (A, LP)
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slides, valve slides): 9.5 mm, 8.5 mm, 10.7–11.7 mm, 11.7 mm, 11.7 mm (0.46 inches)
Bell diameter: 122 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. 115-16, 277.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06925
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