Soprano cornet, E-flat, high pitch
Date1895-1896 ca.
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
ModelRegular model
Serial No.13041
SignedEngraved on bell: Made / by the / BOSTON / Musical Instrument / Manuf’y.MarkingsEngraved on left side of second valve casing: 13041
Stamped on valve stems and largest lug of spring anchor plate, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, single loop, removable shank with telescopic tuning slide (main tuning slide), adjustment screw, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by three unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, brass pistons, single water key at first bow, windway 3-2-1.
Silver-plated telescopic tuning slide for E-flat.
The "Regular Model" E-flat cornet was offered between 1882 and 1915. This particular version with adjustment screw at the telescopic tuning slide was first illustrated in the Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory Catalog of 1887.
Representative of the "Regular Model" E-flat cornet, offered between 1887 and 1915. This particular version with adjustment screw at the telescopic tuning slide was first illustrated in the Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory Catalog of 1887. The model is based on the Besson soprano anglais (see NMM 6812).
DimensionsHeight: 298 mm
Tube length: 876 mm, 944 mm
Bore diameter (valve slides): 10.8 mm (0.425 inches)
Bore diameter (telescopic tuning slide, initial, minimum): 10.3 mm, 9.8 mm
Bell diameter: 115 mm (4½ inches)
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. 170, 288.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06955
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1875-1885 ca.
