Cornet, B-flat
Date1922-1923 between
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelAristocrat
Serial No.107999
SignedEngraved alongside bell in zigzag-line style: Buescher AristocratMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 107999
DescriptionLacquered brass body, German-silver ferrules and water keys; mother-of-pearl touchpiece inlays
Fixed leadpipe
Main tuning slide at second bow
Three top-sprung Périnet valves; spring outside stem; one guide lug on red plastic disc; steel pistons.
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 410 mm
Bell diameter: 112 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.68 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesMarshall L. Scott, The American Piston Valved Cornets and Trumpets of The Shrine to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 46.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01685
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Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1924 ca.
