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Cornet, B-flat
Maker: George McFadden
Date: 1876-1889 ca.
Place Made:Syracuse, 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
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
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
Bell diameter: 127 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.9mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesLloyd Farrar, draft notes for McFadden entry in New Langwill Index (ca. 1991)
Object number: 00557