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Cornet à pistons, A
Date: 1880 ca.
Place Made:France, Europe
Serial No: none
Signednone
MarkingsStamped on valve cases: 1, X C / 2 / 0, 3
Stamped on valve caps: 1, 2, 3
Stamped on receiver: D A
Stamped on valve caps: 1, 2, 3
Stamped on receiver: D A
DescriptionBrass, double loop, tuning slide at second bow, three Stölzel valves (1, ½, 1½), spring in barrel.
Brown leather case with green cloth fitting; contemporary silver cornet mouthpiece, engraved “Levy” and stamped “DISTIN. LONDON”; brass tuning shank, stamped “LA”
Brown leather case with green cloth fitting; contemporary silver cornet mouthpiece, engraved “Levy” and stamped “DISTIN. LONDON”; brass tuning shank, stamped “LA”
DimensionsHeight: 292 mm
Tube length: 1209 mm, 1366
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slide): 11.8 mm, 9.7 mm, 11.8 mm, 11.9 mm
Bore shank (initial, minimum): 9.1 mm, 8.5 mm
Bell diameter: 116 mm
Tube length: 1209 mm, 1366
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slide): 11.8 mm, 9.7 mm, 11.8 mm, 11.9 mm
Bore shank (initial, minimum): 9.1 mm, 8.5 mm
Bell diameter: 116 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1983 from Stewart and Lillian Caplin, New York, New York.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 3: Valves Evolve (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2017), pp. 36-37, 50, 54-55, 57, 295.
Object number: 06814