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Cornet, B-flat
Maker: Isaac Fiske
Date: 1873 ca.
Place Made:Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on bell: ISAAC FISKE / MAKER / WORCESTER MASS / PATENTED / OCT. 30. 1866. NOV. 12. 1867. / FEB. 11. 1868.
MarkingsStamped on top caps of spring cases, respectively: 1 2 3
DescriptionBrass, silver-plated
Removable shank
Main tuning slide at second bow
Three piston-rod-operated string-rotary valves, stop arm with V-shaped cork buffers, spiral springs in piston casing; rotor protection on left side of instrument
Design follows US Patent no. 138,389 from April 29, 1873.
Removable shank
Main tuning slide at second bow
Three piston-rod-operated string-rotary valves, stop arm with V-shaped cork buffers, spiral springs in piston casing; rotor protection on left side of instrument
Design follows US Patent no. 138,389 from April 29, 1873.
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 309mm
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 ReferencesAndré P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 58.
“Gallery I Dedicated October 9,” Shrine to Music Museum, Inc. Newsletter, Vol. 9, No. 2 (January 1982), p. 4.
“Gallery I Dedicated October 9,” Shrine to Music Museum, Inc. Newsletter, Vol. 9, No. 2 (January 1982), p. 4.
Object number: 00591