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Cornet, B-flat

Distributor Charles A. Zoebisch & Sons

Date1878 ca.

Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Saxony, Germany, Europe

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

Serial No.none

SignedEngraved on bell: C. A. Zoebisch & Sons, New York.
MarkingsStamped on valve rings, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionGerman silver, circular bow, double loop, tuning slide at narrow second bow, fixed leadpipe (no shank required), three side-action (lever over) string-operated rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), stop arm, spiral-spring return.

This cornet model is featured as "B-flat Cornet, Crooks to G" in a catalog by C. A. Zoebisch & Sons in New York from about 1878. Founded in New York in 1847 by Carl August Zoebisch Jr., who was joined by his son Clemence Theodor in about 1860, the firm Carl Zoebisch & Sons maintained close ties with their home town Markneukirchen, from where most instruments were imported.

DimensionsHeight: 342 mm
Tube length: 1292 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 9.7 mm, 8.7 mm, 11.6 mm, 11.6
Bell diameter: 119 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1983 from Jack Silver, Washington, D. C.
Published ReferencesSabine K. Klaus, “German-American Relationships: Immigration and Trade Factors in America Brasswind Instruments during the 19th Century,” in: Laurence Libin (ed.), Instrumental Odyssey. A Tribute to Herbert Heyde. Bucina: The Historic Brass Society Series No. 9 (Hillsdale, New York: Pendragon Press, 2016), p. 91.

Sabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 3: Valves Evolve (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2017), pp. 236, 239, 252, 308.

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

Object number06828

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