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

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

Date1911-1912 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Serial No.14961
SignedEngraved on bell: THE / Buescher / PAT. OCT. 29.07 / ELKHART / -IND.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 14961 / PAT. MCH / 191901
DescriptionBrass, lacquered
Fixed leadpipe, s-shaped configuration; push-rod-activated quick-change to A at first bow, main tuning slide at second bow; main tubing entering third valve on the right, proceeding via a bridging tube to the first valve, exiting the second.

Three tower-sprung Périnet valves, three unequal guide pins
DimensionsHeight: 352mm
Bell diameter: 121mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesMarshall L. Scott, The American Piston Valved Cornets and Trumpets of The Shrine to Music Museum, DMA Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 44.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00587
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