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Cornet, B-flat, low pitch
Maker: H. & A. Selmer
Date: 1958 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: Signet 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
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
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
Bell diameter: 118 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, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 256.
Object number: 00770