Cornet, B-flat
Trade Name
American Standard
Maker
H. N. White Company
Date1925 ca
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
Serial No.6662
SignedEngraved on bell surrounded by a leaf wreath: AMERICAN / STANDARD / HIGH / GRADEMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 6662
DescriptionSilver-plated brass body, bell interior gold-plated
Fixed leadpipe, double loop, main tuning slide at second bow
French rim with iron wire insert
Single water key at first bow
Three tower-sprung Périnet valves with one pin on disc, red brass pistons, touchpieces with mother-of-pearl inlay
Lyre holder at third valve slide receiver
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 407 mm
Bell diameter: 106 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.35 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. 279.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01829
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Not on view
Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1927 ca.
