Cornet, B-flat
Maker
William F. Seefeldt
Date1860 ca.
Place MadePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: W. SEEFELDT / PHILAAAD A [misspelled]Markingsnone
DescriptionBrass, German silver, single loop, tuning slide at first bow, fixed leadpipe, three top-action string-operated rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), stop arm, flat-spring return.
The German-born William F. Seefeldt started a one-man workshop in Philadelphia in 1858. The present instrument might date from an early time in his career. The valves are completely hand made with closed- passage rotors. Similar models were offered by Isaac Fiske in 1861 and D. C. Hall in 1864.
DimensionsHeight: 434 mm
Tube length: 1262 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.1 mm, 9.5 mm, 11.3 mm, 11.4 mm
Bell diameter: 126 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Stewart and Lillian Caplin, New York, New York.
Published ReferencesSabine 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. 93.
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, 211, 228, 252, 308.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06946
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