Cornet, B-flat, A, A-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Date1907-1908 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelEpoch
Serial No.5141
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by leaf tendrils: THE / BUESCHER / ELKHART, INMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 1 / 5141 / PAT. MCH / 19,1901
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Gold wash bell interior. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Removable leadpipe. Quick-change pushrod. Compensating valve system.
DimensionsHeight: 314 mm
Bell diameter: 124 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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. 112, 114.
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. 59-60.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number04116
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