Cornet, B-flat, A
Maker
F. E. Olds & Son
Date1947 ca.
Place MadeLos Angeles, California, United States, North America
ModelSuper Olds Cornet model No, 30
Serial No.17904
SignedStamped on bell garland: Super Olds made by F. E. Olds & Son. Los Angeles, California U. S. A.MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 17904
DescriptionBrass, lacquered, with German-silver fittings
Fixed leadpipe; main tuning slide at short and narrow second bow; push-rod-activated quick-change to A at narrow third bow; main tubing entering third valve and exiting first.
Bell rim and garland formed by folding over access length of bell.
Three top-sprung Périnet valves, spring outside hollow stem, two guidepins.
Adjustble trigger at first valve
DimensionsHeight: 420 mm
Bell diameter: 118 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. 253.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number04125
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