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Cornet, B-flat, A, high pitch / low pitch
Maker: J. W. York & Sons
Date: 1908-1909 ca.
Place Made:Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, North America
Model: New Model Monarch
Serial No: 20686
SignedEngraved on bell: NEW MODEL / MONARCH / Made by / J. W. YORK & Sons / Grand Rapids / Mich.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 20686
Stamped on second valve casing: 20686
DescriptionSilver-plated brass body, satin finish, bell interior gold plated
Fixed leadpipe, double loop; main tuning slide at second bow; push-rod-actvated quick-change to A at third bow
Three tower-sprung Périnet valves with two unequal guide pins
Fixed leadpipe, double loop; main tuning slide at second bow; push-rod-actvated quick-change to A at third bow
Three tower-sprung Périnet valves with two unequal guide pins
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 343 mm
Bell diameter: 119 mm
Bell diameter: 119 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), pp. 124-125.
Marshall L. Scott, The American Piston Valved Cornets and Trumpets of The Shrine to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 300.
Marshall L. Scott, The American Piston Valved Cornets and Trumpets of The Shrine to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 300.
Object number: 02030