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Cornet, [C], B-flat, [A]

Distributor John Franklin Stratton

Date1885 ca.

Place DistributedNew York, New York, United States, North America

ModelStratton's Light Action, French Piston Valve

Serial No.none

SignedStamped on bell: JOHN. F. STRATTON / MAKER / NEW-YORK
MarkingsStamped on water key: 0
Stamped on valve casings and stems, respectively: 52, 53, 54
DescriptionBrass, nickel-silver finger buttons, double loop, tuning slide at second bow (not original), removable leadpipe (shank), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring outside stem, alignment by one key on piston (nickel-plated brass), single water key at first bow, windway 3-2-1

Silver-plated brass tuning shank for B-flat (not original).

This cornet model was advertised as "Stratton's Light Action, French Piston Valve, C Cornet" in a catalog of John F. Stratton & Son, Manufacturers of the Celebrated Stratton Band Instruments, from about 1889. The model was delivered with B-shank and A crook. The unusual shepherd's crook main tuning slide appears to be a later replacement, while the original C main tuning slide and A crook are missing.

DimensionsHeight: 274 mm
Tube length: 1203 mm, 1263 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 12 mm, 8.7 mm, 11.5 mm, 11.5 mm (0.453 inches)
Bore diameter (shank): 9.9 mm
Bell diameter: 125 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Rich Ita, Atlanta, Georgia.
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. 69, 270.

Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999

Object number07262

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