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Cornet à pistons, B-flat, A, A-flat, G, F, E, E-flat
Maker: attributed to A. G. Guichard
Date: 1830 ca.
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedNone
MarkingsShanks stamped on ornate silver shield: SI.B, LA
Crooks stamped on ornate silver shield: LA.B, SOL, FA, and MI.
Coupler stamped on ornate silver shield: MI.B.
Crooks stamped on ornate silver shield: LA.B, SOL, FA, and MI.
Coupler stamped on ornate silver shield: MI.B.
DescriptionBrass, silver, mother-of-pearl, double loop, tuning slide at second bow, two Stölzel valves (1, ½), screw alignment.
Two brass tuning shanks for B-flat and A, four brass crooks for A-flat, G, F, and E, and one brass coupler for E-flat. Probably original brass mouthpiece with flat rim and almost funnel-shaped cup. Original walnut case with brass fittings.
This highly ornate cornet à? pistons is not signed but shows typical characteristics of the workshop of A. G. Guichard in Paris. Guichard frequently used a gusset for the bell, a feature present in this cornet. Origin in the Guichard workshop is therefore likely.
Two brass tuning shanks for B-flat and A, four brass crooks for A-flat, G, F, and E, and one brass coupler for E-flat. Probably original brass mouthpiece with flat rim and almost funnel-shaped cup. Original walnut case with brass fittings.
This highly ornate cornet à? pistons is not signed but shows typical characteristics of the workshop of A. G. Guichard in Paris. Guichard frequently used a gusset for the bell, a feature present in this cornet. Origin in the Guichard workshop is therefore likely.
DimensionsHeight: 260 mm
Tube length: 1229 mm, 1309 mm, 1354 mm, 1469 mm, 1550 mm, 1729 mm, 1845 mm, 2058 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slide): 11.3 mm, 10.8 mm, 11.4 mm, 11.5 mm
Bore shanks and crooks (internal receiver, internal minimum): 10–9.7 mm, 9.7–9.6 mm
B coupler (internal receiver, internal minimum): 11.4 mm, 10.9 mm
Bell diameter: 127 mm
Tube length: 1229 mm, 1309 mm, 1354 mm, 1469 mm, 1550 mm, 1729 mm, 1845 mm, 2058 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slide): 11.3 mm, 10.8 mm, 11.4 mm, 11.5 mm
Bore shanks and crooks (internal receiver, internal minimum): 10–9.7 mm, 9.7–9.6 mm
B coupler (internal receiver, internal minimum): 11.4 mm, 10.9 mm
Bell diameter: 127 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1996 from Jean Michel Renard, Bellenaves, France.
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, 33, 40, 50, 52, 54-55, 293.
Object number: 07154