Trumpet-cornet, B-flat, A, high pitch / low pitch
Maker
Harry B. Jay Co.
Date1911-1915 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelColumbia
Serial No.1243
SignedEngraved on bell: COLUMBIA / PATENTED / Harry B. Jay Co. / CHICAGOMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 1243
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, satin finish, bell interior gold plated
Leadpipe as telescopic tuning slide alternatively for cornet or trumpet, push-rod-activated quick-change to A; small, second forward-pointing tuning slide after valve section.
Three tower-sprung Périnet valves with three unequal guide pins.
DimensionsHeight: 432 mm
Bell diameter: 118 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.6 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 4: The Heydey of the Cornet (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2022), p. 252.
Marshall L. Scott, The American Piston Valved Cornets and Trumpets of The Shrine to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 239.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01764
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