Cornet, B-flat, A, A-flat, G, F, E, E-flat, D
Maker
Jean Finck
Date1840-1844 ca.
Place MadeStrasbourg, Alsace, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on garland: [lyra] J. FINCK A STRASBOURG [lyra]MarkingsStamped on shank for B-flat: Si B
Stamped on shank for A: La
Stamped on crook for A-flat: LA B
Stamped on crook for G: SOL
Stamped on crook for F: FA
Stamped on crook for E: MI
Stamped on crook for E-flat: MI B
Stamped on straight coupler for D: RE
Valve touchpieces stamped 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass, double loop, tuning slide at second bow, three rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), internal stop, arc-of-circle opening in top valve cap, clock-spring return.
Mahogany case with paper labels referring to compartments for crooks and shanks (MI-B, MI, SI-B, RE, LA-B, LA, SOL, FA), original key; two shanks, five crooks, and one straight coupler; silver plated brass mouthpiece (contemporary with instrument).
The workshop of Jean Finck (1783-1858) is listed in Strasbourg directories from 1830 onward. By 1844, Finck retired and left the workshop to his sons Charles (1818–ca. 1880), Jean (1809–1877), Frédéric (born 1821 and active as instrument maker until 1858), and August (1823–1858). The valve type found on this instrument was commonly used in Strasbourg until 1855.
DimensionsHeight: 301 mm
Tube length: 1295 mm, 1314 mm, 1400 mm, 1479 mm, 1595 mm, 1774 mm, 1892 mm, 1986 mm, 2114 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.2 mm, 10.3 mm, 10.5 mm, 11 mm
Bore diameter shanks and crooks (range initial, minimum): 9.7–9.3 mm, 9.8–8.6 mm
Bore diameter coupler (initial, minimum): 11.2 mm, 9.9 mm
Bell diameter: 118 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1994 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
Published ReferencesSabine K. Klaus, “Cornet in B-flat by Jean Finck,” in “Historical Instrument Window,” International Trumpet Guild Journal 37, No. 4 (June 2013), p. 38.
-------. “Metallblasinstrumente im Zeitalter des Erfindergeistes” in Valve Brass Music: 200 Jahre Ventilblasinstrumente, ed. by Conny Restle und Christian Breternitz (Berlin: Nicolai, 2014), p. 34.
Sabine 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. 146-147, 150, 158-159, 161, 170-171 301.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07104
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