Soprano cornet, E-flat (low pitch)

Distributor Alfred Squire

Makerattr. Couesnon & Cie

Date1885 ca.

Place DistributedCincinnati, Ohio, United States, North America

Place MadeParis, France, Europe

Serial No.none

SignedEngraved on bell: A. Squire / Cincinnati / (Ohio)
MarkingsStamped on upper valve caps, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionNickel-plated brass, double loop, main tuning slide at second bow, removable leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), single water key at first bow, windway 3-2-1

Nickel-plated brass tuning shank for E-flat.

Alfred Squire (1829-1890) was a music publisher and musical instrument dealer in Cincinnati, Ohio. This cornet shows features, in particular the acorn-shaped finger hook, that suggest that it may have been manufactured by Couesnon & Cie in Paris and imported to the United States.
DimensionsHeight: 243 mm
Tube length: 904 mm, 960 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.2 mm, 9.1 mm
Bore diameter (shank, initial, minimum): 9.5 mm, 8.7 mm
Bell diameter: 94 mm

ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1988.
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. 176, 287.

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

Object number06921

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