Over-the-shoulder cornet, E-flat
Maker
Isaac Fiske
Date1861 ca.
Place MadeWorcester, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on garland: Isaac Fiske, Maker, Worcester, Mass.MarkingsStamped on valve-cap rings: 7, 8, 9
Stamped on rotors: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionGerman silver (body), copper (bell), one bow, telescopic tuning slide with gear adjustment at leadpipe, three top-action string-operated rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), stop arm, flat-spring return.
Instrument resembles E-flat cornet, no. 7, “3 Valves, bell over the shoulder, medium size, intended expressly for Brass Bands” in Isaac Fiske’s 'Illustrated Catalogue of Musical Instruments' from 1861.
DimensionsHeight: 615 mm
Tube length: 917 mm, 928 mm
Bore diameter receiver: 11.2 mm
Bore diameter valve slides: 11.1 mm
Bore diameter tuning shank: 10.3 mm
Bell diameter: 113 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1996 from Fred Oster, Vintage Instruments, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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. 208, 222-223, 310.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07169
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