Cornet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Distributor
Sears Roebuck & Co.
(distributor)
Date1928-1929 ca.
Place DistributedChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelArtists Supertone
Serial No.764 94
SignedEngraved on bell: ARTISTS / SUPERTONE (superimposed on staff) / MODEL / MADE / IN / U.S.A.MarkingsStamped on second valve casing and valve stems: 764 94
Stamped on valve casings and stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop in S-shaped formation, quick-change to A with push rod at first bow, main tuning slide at second bow, fixed leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, nickel-plated brass pistons, single water key at quick-change slide, windway 3-2-1.
Silver lyre.
This particular Artists Supertone model cornet was offered in the 1929 Sears, Roebuck, and Co. catalogs. The soruce for these instruments was likely Emil Karl Blessing in Elkhart, Indiana.
DimensionsHeight: 415 mm
Tube length: 1356 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tubing slides, valve slides): 9.8 mm, 9 mm, 11–11.8 mm, 11.8 mm, 11.8 mm (0.466 inches)
Bell diameter: 121 mm
ProvenanceNo information available.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06783
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