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Cornet, B-flat, A
Cornet, B-flat, A
Cornet, B-flat, A

Cornet, B-flat, A

Date1869-1871 ca.
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: Made by / E. G. Wright, & Co. / Boston.
MarkingsStamped on rotor spindle tops, respectively: 1, 2, 3, and 6 (fourth valve).
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, circular bow, double loop, tuning slide at narrow second bow, fixed leadpipe, four side-action (lever over) string-operated rotary valves (1, ½, 1½ for right hand, quick-change to A for left hand), double cork, spiral-spring return, Windway: 3-2-1-4.

Silver-plated brass cornet mouthpiece (contemporary with the instrument).

This 4½-foot B-flat cornet with quick-change valve to 5-foot A resembles an advertisement in the Boston city directory by Hall & Quinby from 1868. This instrument was presumably made at this firm’s premises between 1869 and 1871. E. G. Wright joined Hall & Quinby in 1869 until his death in 1871.
DimensionsHeight: 329 mm
Tube length: 1345 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 9.6 mm, 9.2 mm, 11.6 mm, 11.6 mm
Bell diameter: 126 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1992 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. 212, 241-242, 252, 309.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07073
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