Echo cornet, B-flat
Maker
J. W. Pepper
Distributor
J. W. Pepper
Date1880-1883 ca.
Place MadePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
ModelSuperior First Class
Serial No.2058
SignedStamped on bell, surrounded by ornate floral engraving including the bell interior: Superior / First Class / J. W. PEPPER / MAKER / PHILADELPHIA / AND / New York / No. 2058MarkingsStamped on valve casings and caps, respectively: 19 20 21
Stamped on second valve casing: 570
Stamped on change valve lower cap: 15 2
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated finish. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. One piston change valve activates "echo."
DimensionsHeight: 315 mm
Bell diameter: 125 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.4 mm (0.451 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion:
National Music Museum, 1988), p. 58.
“Gallery I Dedicated October 9,” Shrine to Music Museum, Inc. Newsletter Vol. 9, No. 2 (January 1982), p. 4.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00558
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