Cornet, B-flat, A
Maker
Lyon & Healy
Date1925 ca.
Place MadeLa Porte, Indiana, United States, North America
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelAmerican Professional 2203
Serial No.4077
SignedEngraved on bell surrounded by floral design: Lyon & Healy / American / Professional / ChicagoMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 4077
DescriptionSilver-plated brass body, satin finish, gold-plated bell interior
Fixed s-shaped leadpipe
Push-rod-activated quick change to A at first bow (rod missing); main tuning slide at second bow; main tubing entering third valve
French rim
Three top-sprung Périnet valves, spring inside hollow stem; two unequal lugs guiding the nickel-plated brass piston in grooves of the valve casing; knuckled-out porting; touchpieces with mother-of-pearl inlay.
DimensionsHeight instrument: 393 mm
Bell diameter: 120 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.8 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01650
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