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Cornet à pistons, B-flat
Date: 1835 ca.
Place Made:France, Europe
Serial No: none
Signedunsigned
Markingsnone
DescriptionBrass, double loop, tuning slide at second bow, removable shank (contemporary but not original), two Stölzel valves (1, ½), screw alignment. Brass mouthpiece contemporary with the instrument.
DimensionsHeight: 254 mm
Tube length: 1207 mm, 1271 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slide): 11.5 mm, 11.2 mm, 11.5 mm, 11.6 mm
Bore shank (initial, minimum): 9.4 mm, 8.8 mm
Bell diameter: 129 mm
Tube length: 1207 mm, 1271 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slide): 11.5 mm, 11.2 mm, 11.5 mm, 11.6 mm
Bore shank (initial, minimum): 9.4 mm, 8.8 mm
Bell diameter: 129 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Published ReferencesSabine 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. 27, 29, 40, 50, 54-56, 247-48, 294.
Object number: 06816