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Cornet, B-flat

Distributor R. De Lacy

Date1900 ca.

Place DistributedLondon, England, Europe

Place MadeParis, France, Europe

Serial No.none

SignedStamped on bell: R. DE LACY / MAKER / 84. HOLLAND ROAD / BRIXTON / LONDON. / & PARIS
MarkingsStamped on receiver ferrule: AP
Stamped on right side of second valve casing: sun beams in square
Stamped on water key and water key brace: 22
Stamped on valve cases, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, double loop in S-shaped formation, main tuning slide at second bow, high/low pitch tuning slide at third bow, removable leadpipe (B-flat shank), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring outside stem, alignment by one key on nickel-plated brass piston, double water key (serving high/low pitch slide only), windway 3-2-1

The musical instrument dealer and publisher R. De Lacy resided at 84 Holland Road, London, from 1880 to 1909. Starting in about 1888, he published the London Brass Band and Military Journal - R. De Lacy, Brixton (c.1888-).
DimensionsHeight: 313 mm
Tube length: 1237 mm, 1285 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slides, valve slides): 11.9 mm, 9.8 mm, 11.3–11.5 mm, 11.4 mm, 11.6 mm (0.457 inches)
Bore diameter (B-flat shank, initial, minimum): 9.8 mm, 8.8 mm
Bell diameter: 119 mm
ProvenancePurchased from David Miles, London, England, 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. 50-51, 267.

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

Object number06844

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