Cornet, B-flat
Distributor
W.A. Dean Co.
Date1880 ca.
Place MadeGermany 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] / DEPOSEMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 31 32 33DescriptionBrass; 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)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number04128
On View
Not on view
1901 ca.
