Cornet, B-flat, A high pitch / low pitch
Maker
J. W. York & Sons
Date1908 ca.
Place MadeGrand Rapids, Michigan, United States, North America
ModelProfessional
Serial No.20146
SignedEngraved on bell: PROFESSIONAL / Made by / J. W. York & Sons / Grand Rapids / Mich.MarkingsStamped on second valve casing, stem, top valve caps, and water keys: 20146
Stamped on valve casings, caps and stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop, main tuning slide at second bow (alternatives for high and low pitch), quick-change to A with lock-nut stop rod (third bow), fixed leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, pistons nickel-plated brass, single water keys (first bow and quick-change slide), windway 3-2-1.
High pitch and low pitch main tuning slide, additional slides low-pitch for first and third valves, brass tuning bit.
“Professional” model with “fixed leadpipe” and quick-change to A.
DimensionsHeight: 343 mm
Tube length: 1273 mm (HP), 1338 mm (LP), 1361 mm (A)
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 9.8 mm, 9 mm, 11.8 mm, 11.8 mm (0.463 inches)
Bell diameter: 118 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Jack Silver, Washington, D. C., 1983.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 4: The Heydey of the Cornet (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2022), pp. 124-25, 127, 275.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06824
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