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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

Date1916-1916 ca.
Place MadeWilliamsport, 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
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
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 321 mm
Bell diameter: 115 mm
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, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 242.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00711
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