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Cornet, B-flat
Cornet, B-flat
Cornet, B-flat

Cornet, B-flat

Date1925 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelMonopole
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE PARIS (within ribbon) / 1900 / HORS CONCOURS / MEMBRE DU JURY / C&C (monogram) / COUESNON & CIE / FOURNISSEURS DE L’ARMÉe / 94 RUE D’ANGOULEME / PARIS / CHATEAU-THIERRY / 25 [within grenade]
MarkingsStamped on mouthpiece receiver: 176 / FRANCE
Stamped on first valve casing, right side: D / 9
Stamped on valve cases, respectively: 1 2 3
DescriptionFixed s-shaped leadpipe with push-rod-activated quick change to A at first bow and main tuning side at second bow.
Brass body with gold-brass finish.
Three top-sprung Périnet valves.
Single water key at quick-change.
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 368 mm
Bell diameter: 116 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesDavid Wayne Knutson, A Catalogue of the European Cornets and Trumpets at the Shrine to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Illinois, 1992, pp. 93-94.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01657
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