Cornet, B-flat
Distributor
C. Bruno
Trade Name
Henry Pourcelle
Date1883-1884 ca.
Place DistributedNew York, New York, United States
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: Henry Pourcelle / Paris.MarkingsStamped on valve caps, respectivey: 1, 2, 3
Engraved on underside of water key support bar: XIV
DescriptionNickel-silver, brass, double loop, tuning slide at second bow, removable leadpipe (shank lost), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring outside hollow stem, alignment by one key on piston (nickel-plated brass), double water key (first and third bows), windway 3-2-1
"Henry Pourcelle Paris" was a trade name used by the dealer Charles Bruno in New York for imported wind instruments (possibly from France). In a catalog by C. Bruno & Son, New York, dated 1883-84, this model is illustrated as "Courtois Model."
DimensionsHeight: 306 mm
Tube length: 1172 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.9 mm, 9.3 mm, 11 mm, 11.7 mm
Bell diameter: 124 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from an unknown source.
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. 70-71, 270.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06979
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