Cornet, B-flat
Maker
Isaac Fiske
Date1873 ca.
Place MadeWorcester, 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.
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 309mm
Bell diameter: 121mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00591
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