Cornet, B-flat
Maker
Getzen Company
Date1985 ca.
Place MadeElkhorn, Wisconsin, United States, North America
ModelEterna 800 S
Serial No.EC 6144
SignedEngraved on bell: ETERNA / BY / GETZENMarkingsStamped on right side of second valve casing: EC 6144
Stamped on first-valve thumb hook and third-valve pull ring: 144
Stamped on spring stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop, main tuning slide at narrow second bow, fixed leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem with wide openings, alignment by one lug on plastic spring anchor plate, steel pistons, trigger at first and third valve, two Amado water keys at first bow and third-valve slide, windway 3-2-1.
Silver cornet mouthpiece, stamped: VINCENT BACH CORP. 7CFL
Silver lyre
The 800S Eterna is a short model, large bore cornet with revival shepherd’s crook design.
DimensionsHeight: 345 mm
Tube length: 1320 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 9.8 mm, 8.5 mm, 11.75 mm, 11.65 mm (0.459 inches)
Bell diameter: 122 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Giardinelli, New York, New York, 1985.
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. 258-60, 299.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06836
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