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Cornet, [B-flat], A

Maker Couesnon & Cie

Date1914

Place MadeParis, France, Europe

ModelHippodrome Model

Serial No.none

SignedStamped on bell: E[XP]OSITION UNIVERSELLE D[E] PA[RIS] (in banner) / 19[0]0 (in medal) / HORS CONCOURS / MEMBRE DU JURY / C[reversed]GC / COUESNON & CIE / 94. RUE ANGOUL[Ê]ME / PARIS / 14 (encircled in grenade)
MarkingsStamped on valve casings and stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
Stamped on second valve stem: X
Stamped on third valve stem: 1 and 7
DescriptionBrass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop in S-shaped formation, [B-flat]/A tuning slide at first bow, main tuning slide at second bow, fixed leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, nickel-plated brass pistons, single water key at first bow, windway 3-2-1.

This cornet survives with the A tuning slide only.

Dating is based on the number "14" inside a pomegranate below the signature. A similar model was offered in a 1915 catalog as Hippodrome model cornet by San Francisco dealer Sherman, Clay & Co., sole agents for Couesnon & Cie. Band Instruments in the Western United States.
DimensionsHeight: 394 mm
Tube length: 1347 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slides, valve slides): 9.4 mm, 8.6 mm, 11.2–11.4 mm, 11.4–11.9 mm, 12 mm
Bell diameter: 117 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Sid Glickman, Yonkers, New York, 1985.
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. 150-51, 285.

Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999

Object number06834

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