Cornet, E-flat
Date1850-1860 ca.
Place MadeMainz, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedunsignedMarkingsEngraved on leadpipe “XI” or “IX”.
DescriptionBrass, German silver, tuning slide at first bow, fixed leadpipe, three rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), two external stop pins with cork buffers, top valve casing with opening, flat-spring return.
This cornet shows the flat-spring return developed by Carl August Müller (1804-1870) in Mainz in the 1830s. In the 1850s, other makers used the flat-spring return as well, among them Fritz Herold in Aschaffenburg, about 50 miles east of Mainz.
DimensionsHeight: 331 mm
Tube length: 946 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.5 mm, 9.9 mm, 10–10.6 mm, 10 mm
Bore diameter: 120 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1993 from Robb Stewart, Arcadia, California.
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. 147, 151, 171, 182, 189, 225-226, 301.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07086
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1855-1860 ca.
