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Cornet, B-flat
Distributor: W.A. Dean Co.
Date: 1880 ca.
Place Made:Germany or Czechia, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on bell: W. A. DEAN CO / SIOUX CITY – IOWA / WARRANTED / MADE IN FRANCE / VIRTUOSE / [lyre with a hunting horn & bird superimposed] / DEPOSE
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 31 32 33
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated finish. Gold wash bell interior. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsHeight: 12 in (305 mm)
Bell diameter: 4-5/8 in (117 mm)
Bell diameter: 4-5/8 in (117 mm)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesDavid Wayne Knutson, A Catalogue of the European Cornets and Trumpets at the Shrine to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Illinois, 1992, pp. 242-244.
Object number: 04128