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Cornet, B-flat, A
Maker: Frank Holton & Company
Date: 1909
Place Made:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Model: New 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. / CHICAGO
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing, left side: 1 / FRANK HOLTON / CHICAGO. / 7831
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
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
Bell diameter: 121 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 12.2 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
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.
Object number: 02033