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Cornet, B-flat, A
Maker: Frank Holton & Company
Date: 1948 ca,
Place Made:Elkhorn, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Model: Collegiate
Serial No: 196253
SignedEngraved on bell: COLLEGIATE / MADE BY / Holton / ELKHORN, WIS. / USA
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing, vertically: 196253
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.
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
Bell diameter: 114 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
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.
Object number: 00663