Cornet, B-flat, A
Distributor
Fred Gretsch Manufacturing Company
Date1933 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelPathfinder
Serial No.17999
SignedEngraved on bell in zigzag-line style: GRETSCH / PATHFINDER / CHICAGO · BROOKLYN · U.S.A.MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 17999
DescriptionBrass body with gold-brass finish; hexgonal receiver ferrule
Fixed leadpipe, double loop; main tuning slide with push-rod-activated quick-change to A at second bow (push rod lost).
Single water key ath the first bow and the third valve slide
French rim
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves with steel pistons with one lug on piston for alignment in groove of vave casing; knuckled-out porting; touchpieces with mother-of-pearl inlay.
Lyre holder at third valve slide receiver
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 386 mm
Bell diameter: 116 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.28 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01655
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