Cornet in B-flat, A, A-flat, G, F, E, E-flat, D
Date1845 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: Halari, Fournisseur du Roi,
Paris.MarkingsEngraved on pistons, upper valve casings and bottom valve caps, respectively: 1, 2, 3
Dots mark how the valve slides should be inserted.
DescriptionBrass, silver (ferrules, valve balusters, caps and finger buttons), double loop, tuning slide at second bow, removable leadpipe (shanks and crooks required), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, screw alignment, removable baluster, pistons nickel-plated brass, modèle français, windway 3-2-1
Two shanks (not original) for B-flat (stamped SI), and A (stamped LA)
Four original crooks for A-flat (engraved LA♭), G (engraved SOL), F (engraved FA), and E (engraved MI♮)
Coupler (engraved MI♭ & RÉ) for E-flat (together with FA crook) or D (together with MI crook)
Two unsigned, completely funnel-shaped mouthpieces of silver (fits only into original crooks), and brass/silver (apparently, added for the non-original shanks)
Brass lyre, wooden case.
This instrument is an interesting document from the workshop of the likely inventor of the cornet à pistons, Halary. The spelling of the name, Halari, suggests a date after 1840, under the leadership of Jean Louis Antoine, who changed the spelling of the name. An early version of the Périnet valve is used with features adopted from the Stölzel valve with horizontal screw alignment. The body shape is derived from the Stölzel valve cornet à pistons.
DimensionsHeight: 289 mm
Tube length: 1240 mm, 1305 mm, 1385 mm, 1478 mm, 1550 mm, 1746 mm, 1873 mm, 1970 mm, 2097 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.7 mm, 10.1 mm, 11.2 mm, 11.7 mm
Bore diameter (shanks and crooks: range initial, minimum): 9.6–9 mm, 8.7–8.4 mm
Bell diameter: 122 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
Published ReferencesSabine K. Klaus, “Metallblasinstrumente im Zeitalter des Erfindergeistes” in: Valve Brass Music: 200 Jahre Ventilblasinstrumente, ed. by Conny Restle und Christian Breternitz (Berlin: Nicolai, 2014), p. 45.
Maxime and Christian Chagot, "Cornet Modèle Halary et Premiers Pistons Périnet," Larigot no. 63 (April 2019), pp. 10-11.
Sabine 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. 3-5, 263.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07345
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