Cornet, B-flat, A and A-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Distributor
C. Bruno & Son, Inc.
Trade Name
Lafayette
Date1900 ca.
Place MadeBohemia, Czechoslovakia, Europe
Place DistributedNew York, Yew York, United States, North America
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelHenry Lafayette, Paris (trade name)
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: Henry Lafayette. / ParisMarkingsStamped on valve casings and inside of upper valve caps, respectively: 142, 143, 144
Stamped on second valve casing: 6
DescriptionNickel-plated brass, double loop, main tuning slide with stop rod and lock nuts at second bow (high/low pitch), removable shanks (B-flat, A) and crook (A-flat), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring outside stem, alignment by one key on nickel-plated brass pistons, single water key at first bow, windway 3-2-1
Two nickel-plated brass tuning shanks for B-flat and A
Single-coil nickel-plated brass crook for A-flat
"Henry Lafayette Paris" was a tradename of New York musical instrument dealer Charles Bruno for European imports.
DimensionsHeight: 313 mm
Tube length: 1188 mm, 1253 mm, 1333 mm, 1443 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.8 mm, 9.8 mm, 11.6 mm, 11.5 mm (0.453 inches)
Bore diameter (shanks and crook, range initial, minimum): 9.4–9.1 mm, 9–8.9 mm
Bell diameter: 115 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Pittsburgh Symphony, Pittsburgh, Pennsylania, 1996.
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. 70-71, 272.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07158
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