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Cornet, B-flat, A and A-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Distributor: C. Bruno & Son, Inc.
Trade Name: Lafayette
Date: 1900 ca.
Place Made:Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, Europe
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Place Distributed:New York, Yew York, United States, North America
Model: Henry Lafayette, Paris (trade name)
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved on bell: Henry Lafayette. / Paris
MarkingsStamped on valve casings and inside of upper valve caps, respectively: 142, 143, 144
Stamped on second valve casing: 6
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.
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
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.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
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.
Object number: 07158