Cornet, B-flat, low pitch
Maker
H. & A. Selmer
Date1958 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelSignet Cornet
Serial No.10082
SignedEngraved on bell: Selmer / Signet / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / MADE IN U.S.A.MarkingsStamped on valve cases, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 10082
DescriptionFixed leadpipe with nickel content, double-loop lacquered brass body; nickel braces; mother-of-pearl touchpiece inlay
Main tuning slide at second bow with screw-sleeve quick-change to A
Flaring part of bell made seperately and attached to main part with tab seam
French rim
Three tower-spring Périnet valves with two unequal guide pins each
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 413 mm
Bell diameter: 118 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, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 256.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00770
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Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1924 ca.
