Cornet, B-flat (low pitch)/A (high pitch), C (hight pitch)

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Cornet, B-flat (low pitch)/A (high pitch), C (hight pitch)

Distributor C. Bruno & Son, Inc.

Date1884 ca.

Place DistributedNew York, New York, United States, North America

Serial No.none

SignedEngraved on bell: C. BRUNO & SON / Special grade / NEW YORK
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, caps and stems, respectively: 55, 56, 57
DescriptionBrass, nickel-silver finger buttons, double loop, tuning slide at second bow, removable leadpipe (shank), C attachment bypassing leadpipe and main tuning slide, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring outside stem, alignment by one key on piston (nickel-plated brass), single water key at first bow, windway 3-2-1.

Brass tuning shank for B-flat (low pitch) or A (high pitch); C attachment inserted instead of main tuning slide, bypassing leadpipe.

This cornet follows the B-flat cornet, "Style C" in an assortment of band instruments in a C. Bruno & Son Catalog of 1883-1884.
DimensionsHeight: 311 mm
Tube length: 1166 mm, 1326 mm, 1044 mm
Bore diameter: 11.9 mm, 9.9 mm, 11.3 mm, 11.3 mm (0.446 inches)
Bore diameter (shank, C-attachment, range initial, minimum): 9.8–9.2 mm, 8.9–8.2 mm
Bell diameter: 117 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Vince DiMartino, Danville, Kentucky, 1997.
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. 69-71, 77, 270.

Sabine K. Klaus, “German-American Relationships: Immigration and Trade Factors in America Brasswind Instruments during the 19th Century,” in: Laurence Libin (ed.), Instrumental Odyssey. A Tribute to Herbert Heyde. Bucina: The Historic Brass Society Series No. 9 (Hillsdale, New York: Pendragon Press, 2016), p. 98.

Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999

Object number07151

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