Circular cornet, B-flat, A, A-flat, G, F
Distributor
J. H. Ebblewhite
Date1860 ca.
Place DistributedLondon, England, Europe
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: From / J, H, Ebblewhite’s, / 24, High St, Aldgate, / London, EMarkingsEngraved strokes at inner and outer slides of main tuning slide and first valve slide indicate how slides should be inserted.
DescriptionBrass, S-shaped tubing followed by one coil, tuning slide at second bow (lower bend of S), removable leadpipe (shanks and crooks), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, alignment by one key on piston (brass), windway 3-2-1
Two brass tuning shanks for B-flat and A, three brass crooks for A-flat (stamped LAB), G (stamped SOL), and F (stamped FA).
Original mahogany case, later brass cornet mouthpiece stamped “[E]MBOUCHURE RAYEE / GUILBAUT / BTE S. G. D. G. / COUESNON & CIE / 94. RUE D’ANGOULEME / PARIS / No. 1”
Although signed by John Henry Ebblewhite, a London dealer, the instrument is most likely of French origin, since all the crooks have French stamps. A likely maker is the firm of Gautrot in Paris, who advertised a similar cornet model in a catalog of 1867 as “modèle papillon.” Henry Distin offered this model in a catalog from 1857 as “Brussells” [sic] “model cornet … (Good for Amateurs).”
DimensionsHeight: 265 mm
Tube length: 1238 mm, 1301 mm, 1380 mm, 1466 mm, 1564 mm, 1750 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.9 mm, 10.7 mm, 11.2 mm, 11.5 mm
Bore diameter (shanks and crooks, range initial, minimum): 9.7–9.3 mm, 9.2–8.5 mm
Bell diameter: 124 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Tony Bingham, London, England, 1993.
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. 14-15, 23, 264.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07096
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