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Cornet, B-flat

Maker George McFadden

Date1876-1889 ca.

Place MadeSyracuse, New York, United States, North America

Serial No.1193

SignedEngraved on bell within ribbon: AWARDED / A / MEDAL / OF MERIT / AND / DIPOLMA / OF HONOR (left); Geo McFadden / MAKER / SYRACUSE N. Y. U.S.A. (center); CENTENNIAL / EXHIBITION / PHIL PA / 1876 (right)
MarkingsStamped on second valve case: GEO. MC FADDEN / MAKER / SYRACUSE, N.Y.
Stamped on top and bottom valve caps, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 1193
DescriptionNickel-plated brass
Removable leadpipe (shanks or crooks missing)
Main tuning slide at second bow
Three top-sprung Périnet valves; one lug on piston; spring outside stem
DimensionsHeight: 302 mm
Bell diameter: 127 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.9mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesLloyd Farrar, draft notes for McFadden entry in New Langwill Index (ca. 1991)

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number00557

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