Alto cornet, E-flat
Date1865-1885 ca.
Place MadeSaxony, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsStamped on valve cases, respectively: 28, 29, 30
DescriptionBrass, German silver, double loop, tuning slide at first bow, S-shaped leadpipe, three Berlin valves (1, ½, 1½), screw alignment.
The fairly narrow bore of this instrument qualifies it as an alto cornet, rather than an alto horn. Alto cornets of this design were offered by the firm of Schuster & Co. in Markneukirchen and were based on Berlin models by Carl Wilhelm Moritz.
DimensionsHeight: 461 mm
Tube length: 2029 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slide): 11.8 mm, 11.4 mm, 11.4 mm, 11.4 mm
Bell diameter: 173 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1990 from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey.
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. 116, 121-122, 134-135, 300.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07015
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