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Cornet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Date: 1917-1918 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: True Tone
Serial No: 36722
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by asymmetrical design: THE / BUESCHER / ELKHART / IND.
Stamped on second valve casing: TRUE TONE [triangle, tuning fork, and bell trademark] / TRADE MARK / REGISTERED / LP / 36722 / 15
Stamped on second valve casing: TRUE TONE [triangle, tuning fork, and bell trademark] / TRADE MARK / REGISTERED / LP / 36722 / 15
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Engraved below signature on bell: USQMC
Engraved below signature on bell: USQMC
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated finish. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces. Manufactured for the USQMC during WW I.
DimensionsHeight: 410 mm
Bell diameter: 120 mm
Bell diameter: 120 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
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. 64.
Object number: 04118