Cornet, B-flat, A
Distributor
Wurlitzer
Date1922-1925 ca.
Place MadeCzechoslovakia, Europe
ModelSpecial
Serial No.illegible
SignedEngraved on bell: THE / WURLITZER / Special / U.S.A.MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 76 77 78
Serial number stamped illegibly on second valve casing.
DescriptionFixed leadpipe, originally silver-plated brass (silver plating mostly removed); finger buttons with mother-of-pearl inlay
Main tuning slide with stop-rod quick-change to A at first bow
Second tuning slide at second bow (small loop after valve section)
French rim with iron wire insert
Single water key at main tuning slide
Three tower-spring Périnet valves, two unequal lugs each
DimensionsHeight: 429mm
Bell diameter: 117mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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. 80-81.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00509
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