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Cornet, B-flat, A
Distributor: Wurlitzer
Date: 1924 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Place Distributed:Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, North America
Serial No: P38262
SignedEngraved on bell in zigzag-line style: WURLITZER
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: P38262
Stamped on second valve casing: P38262
DescriptionBrass body with gold-brass lacquer; fixed leadpipe
Mother-of-pearl touchpiece inlays
Quick-change to A with stop rod at second bow (stop knob missing); main tuning slide at third bow
Bell flare attached seperately with tab seam
French rim with iron wire insert
Single water key at first bow
Three top-sprung Périnet valves; spring outside stem; one lug on piston for alignment in groove inside valve casing
Mother-of-pearl touchpiece inlays
Quick-change to A with stop rod at second bow (stop knob missing); main tuning slide at third bow
Bell flare attached seperately with tab seam
French rim with iron wire insert
Single water key at first bow
Three top-sprung Périnet valves; spring outside stem; one lug on piston for alignment in groove inside valve casing
DimensionsHeight: 353 mm
Bell diameter: 112 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 10.56 mm
Bell diameter: 112 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 10.56 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
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.
Object number: 01687