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Cornet, B-flat, A, high pitch
Cornet, B-flat, A, high pitch
Cornet, B-flat, A, high pitch

Cornet, B-flat, A, high pitch

Date1916
Place MadeWilliamsport, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
ModelAmerican
Serial No.5290 (bell), 6176 (valves)
SignedStamped on bell: [American eagle with valved trumpet] / AMERICAN / MODEL / BRUA C. KEEFER MFG. Co. / MAKER / WILLIAMSPORT. PA / 5290
MarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing in oval: KEEFER
Stamped on right side of second valve casing: 6176
Stamped on valve casing and stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
Stamped on all valve stems: 176
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, double loop, main tuning slide at second bow, removable leadpipe (shanks), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung with spring outside stem, alignment by one key on piston (nickel-plated brass), single water key at first bow, windway 3-2-1.

Two silver-plated brass tuning shanks for B-flat (original) and A (not original).
Silver cornet mouthpiece, stamped" FRANK HOLTON & CO. // SIMON

Silver-plated brass cornet mouthpiece, stamped: YORK & SON. // COURTOIS / MODEL

This cornet matches in every respect the American model depicted in a Keefer catalog of about 1910, according to which it was sold with a B-flat and an A shank.
DimensionsHeight: 314 mm
Tube length: 1220 mm, 1286 mm, 1303 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, valve slides): 11.8 mm, 9.7 mm, 11.5 mm (0.453 inches)
Bore diameter (shanks, range initial, minimum): 9.3–9.5 mm, 8.4–8.9 mm
Bell diameter: 116 mm
ProvenanceGift of Richard McFarland, Elk City, Oklahoma.
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. 64, 67, 273.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07054
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