Cornet, B-flat, A
Maker
Frank Holton & Company
Date1909
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelNew Proportion Couturier Model #1 Bore Profile Finish D (Silver Plated, Sand Blasted, Polished Gold Bell Inside)
Serial No.7831
SignedEngraved on bell: NEW / PPOPOTION / MADE BY / Frank Holton & Co. / CHICAGOMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing, left side: 1 / FRANK HOLTON / CHICAGO. / 7831
DescriptionSilver-plated brass body
Fixed, modified S-shaped leadpipe with the extra loop placed in front of the third valve; two tuning slides with single water key each at the first and the third bow; quick-change push-rod lost.
Main tubing enters the valve cluster at the third valve and exits the first valve in a shepherd's crook
French rim
Three top-sprung Périnet valves, spring inside hollow stem, brass pistons; alignment with two unequal lugs fitting in grooves inside valve casing; knuckled-out porting; mother-of-pearl touchpieces
DimensionsHeight: 395 mm
Bell diameter: 121 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 12.2 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. 221.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02033
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