Cornet, B-flat, low pitch
Maker
Frank Holton & Company
Date1937
Place MadeElkhorn, Wisconsin, United States, North America
ModelReso-tone 24
Serial No.121905
SignedEngraved on bell: Holton / ELKHORN, WIS. / · U · S · A ·/ Reso-ToneMarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: FRANK HOLTON & CO / ELKHORN, WIS. // 121905
Stamped on valve stems: 1905
Stamped on valve casings, stems and largest guide lug, respectively: 1, 2, 3DescriptionSilver-plated brass, satin-finish with burnished highlights, bell interior gold-plated, double loop, main tuning slide (narrow third bow), fixed leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal T-shaped lugs on spring anchor plate, steel pistons, single water keys (first bow, main tuning slide, third-valve slide), windway 3-2-1.Manufactured on September 8, 1937 (letter from Leblanc Corporation, from April 23, 1976).
“Resotone” refers to the flat, 8 mm wide bell rim that is formed by folding over the bell's edge flat. The resotone cornet was advertised in a 1937 Holton catalog as follows: "You’ll say this is the finest cornet you have ever played when you first try it, and realize what an enormous improvement the Reso-Tone really is when used in concert or military band … In place of the conventional steel wire in the rim, the bead on the flare is an integral part of the bell itself. Thicker than the rest of the bell, this bead eliminates the “raw edge” look common to bells without the wire and, at the same time, adds vibrancy to an already resonant tone."
DimensionsHeight: 404 mm
Tube length: 1343 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slides, valve slides): 9.8 mm, 8.8 mm, 11.5 mm, 11.8 mm (0.465 inches)
Bell diameter: 117 mm
ProvenanceOriginally owned by Greg Holland, Stone Mountain, Georgia; then, owned by or associated with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta, Georgia, until 1996, when it was purchased by Utley.
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. 132-33, 147, 282.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07159
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