Cornet, C, B-flat, A, low pitch
Distributor
Lyon & Healy
Date1912 ca.
Place DistributedChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelAmerican Professional, No. G1677
Serial No.1700
SignedEngraved on bell: Lyon & Healy / American / Professional. / ChicagoMarkingsStamped on second valve casing: 1700
Stamped on valve stems: WIDE / 1700
Stamped on valve casings and stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
First and third valve slides scored and marked Bl
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, double loop, main tuning slide at second bow, quick-change to A slide with push rod at third bow, fixed leadpipe, C attachment substituting for main tuning slide and bypassing 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 keys at each tuning slide and at C attachment, windway 3-2-1.
Unstamped silver-plated brass cornet mouthpiece; alternative leadpipe for C (C attachment); alternative first valve slide; silver lyre.
"American Professional" was an affordable line, manufactured in house by Lyon & Healy in Chicago. This model was offered as No. G1677 in a catalog of Lyon & Healy "Band Instruments and Uniforms," published in 1912.
DimensionsHeight: 358 mm
Tube length: 1346 mm, 1427 mm, 1172 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slides, valve slides): 9.5 mm, 9.1 mm, 11.8 mm, 11.8 mm, 11.8 mm (0.463 inches)
Bell diameter: 120 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1986 from an unknown source, Ontario, Canada.
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. 155-56, 284.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06849
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