Cornet, B-flat, A
Maker
Frank Holton & Company
Date1948 ca,
Place MadeElkhorn, Wisconsin, United States, North America
ModelCollegiate
Serial No.196253
SignedEngraved on bell: COLLEGIATE / MADE BY / Holton / ELKHORN, WIS. / USAMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing, vertically: 196253
DescriptionBrass, lacquered
Fixed leadpipe, double loop; main tuning slide with push-rod-operated quick-change to A at second bow (rod lost).
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves, one lug on piston.
DimensionsHeight: 402 mm
Bell diameter: 114 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesMarshall L. Scott, The American Piston Valved Cornets and Trumpets of The Shrine to Music Museum, DMA Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 209.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00663
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