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Cornet, B-flat, A, high pitch, low pitch
Date: 1923-1924 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, 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: 1496[3 or 8?]1 / PAT. MCH / 197907
Stamped on second valve casing: 1496[3 or 8?]1 / PAT. MCH / 197907
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
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
Bell diameter: 121mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
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.
Object number: 00587