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Cornopean, B-flat, low pitch

Cornopean, B-flat, low pitch

Date: 1830-1833 ca.
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Model: Improved Cornopean
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved on bell: IMPROVED CORNOPEAN / Garrett Maker 2. King St Whiltehall London
MarkingsSpring capsules: I II III
On shank and crooks: B-flat A A-flat G
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-silver touchpieces. Three Stoelzel valves. One clapper key. B-flat and A shanks. Crooks for A-flat and G. Two tuning bits. Modèle français.
DimensionsBell diameter: 118 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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. 81-83.
Object number: 00438