Circular cornet, B-flat
Maker
E. Glier
Date1856-1860 ca.
Place MadeCochecton, New York, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on German silver plaque at bell: MANUFACTURED / BY / E. GLIER / COCHECTON. N.Y.MarkingsStamped on underside of touchpieces, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass, double coiled with dummy tube, narrow U-shaped tuning slide after valve section, fixed leadpipe, three top-action string-operated flat rotary (Allen) valves (1, ½, 1½), internal stop, spiral-spring return.
Silver cornet mouthpiece contemporary with the instrument.
Ernst Ferdinand Glier (1827-1870) was the oldest son of Markneukirchen brass instrument maker Christian Ferdinand Glier (1797-1880) with whom he trained. The Glier family immigrated to the USA in stages, the last member arriving in 1856.
DimensionsHeight: 287 mm
Tube length: 1279 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.3 mm, 9.7 mm, 10.9 mm, 10.9 mm
Bell diameter: 106 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Stewart and Lillian Caplin, New York, New York.
Published ReferencesClint Spell, “Circular cornet by Ernst Ferdinand Glier,”in “Historical Instrument Window," Sabine K. Klaus, editor, International Trumpet Guild Journal, Vol. 32, No. 2 (January 2008), p. 47.
Sabine K. Klaus, “German-American Relationships: Immigration and Trade Factors in America Brasswind Instruments during the 19th Century,” in: Laurence Libin (ed.), Instrumental Odyssey. A Tribute to Herbert Heyde. Bucina: The Historic Brass Society Series No. 9 (Hillsdale, New York: Pendragon Press, 2016), p. 87 and cover image.
Sabine 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. 208, 213-214, 231, 252-253, 311.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06820
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