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Slide cornet, B-flat, high pitch / low pitch

Slide cornet, B-flat, high pitch / low pitch

Date: 1920 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved on bell: The / Buescher / ELKHART, IND.
Markings“L.P.” engraved at mark on inner slide of main tuning slide.
DescriptionSilver-plated brass; tuning slide at slide bow; bell engraved with leafy vine around the signature.
DimensionsHeight: 504 mm
Tube length: 1286 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 9.7 mm, 8.6 mm
Slide bore doameter: 10.6 mm (0.418 inches)
Bell diameter: 113 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey.
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 2: Ways to Expand the Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2013), pp. 41, 250.
Object number: 07357