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Cornet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Cornet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Cornet, B-flat, A, low pitch

Cornet, B-flat, A, low pitch

Date1895 ca.
Place MadeMainz, Germany, Europe
Serial No.501
SignedStamped on bell: GEBR. ALEXANDER / HOFINSTRUMENTENFARIK / MAINZ
MarkingsStamped on second valve casing, left side: ALEXANDER / GEBR / MAINZ (within oval)
Stamped on tuning slide: 1
Stamped on top and bottom valve caps, respectively: 1 2 3
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated finish. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsOverall height: 318 mm
Bell diameter: 125 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesDavid Wayne Knutson, A Catalogue of the European Cornets and Trumpets at the Shrine to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Illinois, 1992, pp. 188-189.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00592
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