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Cornet, B-flat, A
Maker: Joseph Higham
Distributor: Lyon & Healy
Date: 1890-1895 ca.
Place Made:Manchester, England, Europe
Model: Clear Bore
Serial No: 50940
SignedStamped on bell: CLEARBORE / [medal] / EXHIBITION / PRIZE MEDALS / AWARDED / TO / J. HIGHAM LTD / MAKERS / 127 STRANGEWAYS / MANCHESTER / ENGLAND / 50940 [English coat of arms] / LYON & HEALY / SOLE AGENTS / CHICAGO
MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: 50940
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated finish. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsOverall height: 318 mm
Bell diameter: 119 mm
Bell diameter: 119 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson. Catalog of the Nineteenth-Century British Brass Instruments In The Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments. Ph.D. Dissertation. Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia University, 1974, pp. 96-98.
Object number: 00437