Soprano cornet, E-flat
Maker
Couesnon & Cie
Date1903
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Modelmodèle français
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: EXPOS[I]TION UNIVERSELLE DE PARIS / 1900 / HORS CONCOURS / MEMBRE DU JURY / GC / COUESNON & CIE. / 94 RUE D’ANGOULÊME / PARIS. / 3 (within a grenade)MarkingsStamped on valve stems: C
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionNickel-plated brass, single loop, telescopic tuning slide with ligature screw at leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, alignment by one key on brass piston, windway 3-2-1.
Telescopic tuning slide for E-flat.
This squat modèle français E-flat cornet was offered by Gautrot ainé in catalogs as early as 1865, and was continued by Gautrot's successor Couesnon & Cie. in Paris into the twentieth century. Several French and English dealers offered this model as an inexpensive alternative, among them Emile Deplaix in Paris and Lafleur & Son in London. Dating is based on the figure “3” encircled by a grenade, indicating 1903 as the year of manufacture.
DimensionsHeight: 325 mm
Tube length: 952 mm, 969 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, valve slides): 9.2 mm, 8.1 mm,
Bore diameter (telescopic tuning slide, initial, minimum): 9 mm, 8.5 mm, 9.9 mm
Bell diameter: 112 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Scott Sorenson, Interlochen, Michigan, 1994.
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. 52, 168, 289.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07117
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