Cornet, B-flat, A, A-flat, G, F, E, E-flat
Maker
Eugene Courtois jeune
Date1849 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: E COURTOIS JNE RUE BICHAT 8 BIS PARISMarkingsStamped on valve parts, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass (body), copper (bell rim, ferrules, braces, valve balusters), German silver (finger buttons), double loop, tuning slide at second bow, removable leadpipe (shanks and crooks required), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring outside hollow stem, alignment by one key on spring anchor plate, removable balusters, pistons nickel-plated brass, modèle français, windway 3-2-1
Two tuning shanks for B-flat (stamped SI B), and A (stamped LA)
Four brass crooks for A-flat (stamped LA B), G (stamped SOL), F (stamped FA), and E (stamped MI)
One coupler (stamped MI B) to be used with E crook for E-flat
Brass cornet mouthpiece stamped “ANTOINE / COURTOIS / 88 R. DES MARAIS ST. MARTIN / PARIS”
Mahogany case; brass lyre
Eugène Courtois was listed as “ex-accocié de la maison Courtois neveu” at the Paris exhibition of 1849. Prior to that date he had worked together with his two brothers Auguste and Louis as “les trois fils de Courtois neveu.”
DimensionsHeight: 297 mm
Tube length: 1225 mm, 1293 mm, 1374 mm, 1483 mm, 1532 mm, 1749 mm, 1844 mm, 1980 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.2 mm, 9.7 mm, 11.3–11.5 mm, 11.7 mm
Bore diameter (shanks and crooks, range initial, minimum): 9.9–9.6 mm, 9.5–8.7 mm
Bell diameter: 124 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Tony Bingham, London, England, 1985.
Published ReferencesNiles Eldredge. “A Brief History of Piston-valved Cornets,” Historic Brass Society Journal, Vol. 14, 2002, p. 387, footnote 38.
Maxime & Christian Chagot, “La premiere forme populaire du cornet à piston ‘Périnet’,” Larigot 56 (November 2015), p. 33.
Maxime and Christian Chagot, "Cornet Modèle Halary et Premiers Pistons Périnet," Larigot no. 63 (April 2019), pp. 20 and 22.
Sabine 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. 6-7, 22, 42, 263.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06815
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