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Cornet, B-flat
Alternate name:Pocket cornet
Distributor: J. W. Pepper
Date: 1884-1896 ca.
Place Made:France, Europe
Place Distributed:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
Model: Perfected Grade, Improved French Piston
Serial No: 13246
SignedStamped on bell: J. W. PEPPER / IMPORTER / PHILADELPHIA / AND / CHICAGO / No. 13246
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: C
Stamped on second valve casing: C
DescriptionRemovable leadpipe
Triple-looped body
Silver-plated brass with engraved floral engraving at bell
Main tuning slide at second bow
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves with one lug on piston
Single water key at first bow
This cornet may have been manufactured in France.
Triple-looped body
Silver-plated brass with engraved floral engraving at bell
Main tuning slide at second bow
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves with one lug on piston
Single water key at first bow
This cornet may have been manufactured in France.
DimensionsHeight (without shank): 220 mm
Bell diameter: 76 mm
Bell diameter: 76 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
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. 275-277.
Object number: 00601