Cornet, B-flat, A
Maker
Frank Holton & Company
Date1913
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelNew Proportion #0 Bore Profile Finish D (Silver Plated, Sand Blasted, Polished Gold Bell Inside)
Serial No.26825
SignedEngraved on bell: NEW / PROPORTION / MADE BY / Frank Holton & Co. / CHICAGOStamped on second valve casing: UNION / MPBP / B&SW [within shield] / LABEL / FRANK HOLTON & CO. / 26825
MarkingsStamped on valve cases: "1" (first valve), "2" (second valve), "3" (third valve)
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, bell interior gold plated
Fixed, modfied s-shaped leadpipe, formerly push-rod-operated quick-change to A at first bow; second tuning slide at third bow
French rim
Three tower-sprung Périnet valves with two unequal guide pins
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 393 mm
Bell diameter: 120 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Augustus H. Carver, listed as the original purchaser in the Holton Ledger, was born in Pennsylvania on September 6 1854 and lived in Duluth MN in the 1895 census. In 1900 he was in Brainerd. He died on July 2, 1923 and is buried in Luverne, Minnesota. His occupation was minister/preacher.
According to Arne B. Larson, “played in Crooks, South Dakota Band by Allen B. Johnson, 1930. Obt. In May 1968.”
Published ReferencesMarshall L. Scott, The American Piston Valved Cornets and Trumpets of The Shrine
to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 211.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00691
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