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Cornet à …pistons, 4½-foot B-flat, A, A-flat, G, and 6-foot F

Cornet à …pistons, 4½-foot B-flat, A, A-flat, G, and 6-foot F

Alternate name:Cornopean
Date: 1885-1915 ca.
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Serial No: 79
SignedStamped on bell: A PARIS / 79
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 48 47 46
Stamped on leadpipe: C
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-plated finish. Three Stoelzel valves. B-flat and A shanks. Crooks for A-flat, G, and F. Modèle français.
DimensionsOverall height: 279 mm
Bell diameter: 112 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesDavid Wayne Knutson, A Catalogue of the European Cornets and Trumpets at the Shrine to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Illinois, 1992, pp. 263-265.
Object number: 00566