Cornet, B-flat
Maker
Harry Pedler & Sons
Date1937-1938 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelAmerican Triumph
Serial No.34897
SignedEngraved on bell: AMERICAN / TRIUMPH [within diamond] / HARRY PEDLER / SONS / ELKHART-IND / U.S.A.MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 34897
DescriptionBrass body with gold-brass finish, double loop
Fixed leadpipe; main tuning slide at second bow, no quick-change.
French rim; bell flare spun seperately and soldered to the conical part
Single water key at first bow
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves with steel pistons with one lug fitting into groove inside vave casing for piston alignment; knuckled-out porting; touchpieces with mother-of-pearl inlay
Lyre holder at the third valve slide receiver
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 403 mm
Bell diameter: 114 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. 163.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01710
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