Cornet, B-flat, A
Maker
Joseph Higham
Distributor
Lyon & Healy
Date1890-1895 ca.
Place MadeManchester, England, Europe
ModelClear 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 / CHICAGOMarkingsStamped on second valve casing: 50940
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated finish. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsOverall height: 318 mm
Bell diameter: 119 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00437
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