Cornet à pistons, B-flat, A, A-flat, G, F, E, E-flat
Date1830 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedNoneMarkingsShanks 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.
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.
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
ProvenancePurchased in 1996 from Jean Michel Renard, Bellenaves, France.
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.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07154
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Adolphe Sax & Cie
1846-1854 ca.
Denis Antoine Courtois
1844-1856 ca.
