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Over-the-shoulder cornet, B-flat
Over-the-shoulder cornet, B-flat
Over-the-shoulder cornet, B-flat

Over-the-shoulder cornet, B-flat

Date1986
Place MadeNorth Hollywood, California, United States, North America
Serial No.168
SignedEngraved on bell: Made by / R. Stewart
MarkingsStamped on valve caps and rotors: “1”, “2”, and “3”
Stamped on first valve case: 168
DescriptionBrass, one and a half loops, tuning slide at first bow; fixed leadpipe, three top-action string-operated rotary valves, horseshoe stop, spiral-spring return.

Copy of a typical Civil-War-era over-the-shoulder cornet.
DimensionsHeight: 615 mm
Tube length: 1320 mm
Bore diameter (initial. minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.4 mm, 9.1 mm, 11.6 mm, 11.6 mm
Bell diameter: 115 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1986 from Robb Stewart, North Hollywood, California.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. 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), p. 311.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06851
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