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Cornet, B-flat, [A], low pitch
Date: 1916-1916 ca.
Place Made:Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
Serial No: 5437
SignedEngraved and stamped on bell: [Eagle with spread-out wings holding a trumpet] / BRUA C. KEEFER MFG. CO. / MAKER / WILLIAMSPORT. PA / HIGHEST GRADE / 5437
MarkingsStamped on valve casings: "1" (first valve), "2" (second valve), "3" (third valve)
Stamped on second valve casing: 6245
Stamped on second valve case, left side: KEEFER (within oval)
Engraved on main tuning slide: LP
Stamped on main tuning slide brace: 23
Stamped on second valve casing: 6245
Stamped on second valve case, left side: KEEFER (within oval)
Engraved on main tuning slide: LP
Stamped on main tuning slide brace: 23
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, tendril engraving at tubing and bell; bell interior seems to have been gold plated
Removable leadpipe; double loop; main tuning slide at second bow; third bow passing through third valve loop; stepped intervalve porting
Three tower-sprung Périnet valves; three unequal guidepins each
Removable leadpipe; double loop; main tuning slide at second bow; third bow passing through third valve loop; stepped intervalve porting
Three tower-sprung Périnet valves; three unequal guidepins each
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 321 mm
Bell diameter: 115 mm
Bell diameter: 115 mm
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, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 242.
Object number: 00711