Cornet, B-flat
Musician Represented
G. J. A.
Date1870-1890 ca.
Place MadeUnited States, North America
Place MadeGermany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on garland: G. J. A.MarkingsStamped on valve rings, respectively: 4, 5, 6
All inner slides marked with four engraved strokes
DescriptionBrass, German silver, circular bow, double loop, tuning slide at narrow second bow, fixed leadpipe of German-silver, three side-action (lever under) string-operated rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), stop arm, spiral-spring return.
Possibly original brass mouthpiece, engraved G ... A.
This cornet is not signed by the maker. The initials are most likely those of a previous owner. The engraving style on the garland, in particular the form of the initials, G. J. A., suggests this cornet may have been made in Germany based on an American model; or, made by a German immigrant in the United States. The same initials are also engraved on the mouthpiece.
DimensionsHeight: 322 mm
Tube length: 1261 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.2 mm, 10.6 mm, 11.4 mm, 11.4 mm
Bell diameter: 115 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1984 from Stewart and Lillian Caplin, New York, New York.
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. 210-211, 236, 240, 252-253, 308.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06831
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