American B-Flat Cornet
- Description (Brief)
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This cornet was made by an unknown maker in the United States about 1920. It is a “long model” B-flat cornet, serial #153, made of silver plated brass with 3 piston valves. This cornet is engraved:
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All [/] American [/] Made
- This cornet features some unusual windings and is representative of the transitional design when B-flat trumpets were gaining in popularity as a band instrument, but cornets were still widely used.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1900-1925
- ca 1920
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 5 in; 41.91 cm x 11.43 cm x 12.7 cm
- overall: 16 5/8 in x 5 13/16 in x 4 9/16 in; 42.2275 cm x 14.76375 cm x 11.58875 cm
- ID Number
- 1985.0017.13
- accession number
- 1985.0017
- catalog number
- 1985.0017.13
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Cornets
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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