Marceau Cornet
Marceau Cornet
- Description
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This cornet was made by Marceau in Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, around 1914. It is made of brass tubing with three mother-of-pearl-mounted Perinet piston valves. The bell is engraved with foliate decoration. This cornet is engraved:
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Marceau
[floral motif] -
Jazz icon Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) purportedly took lessons on this cornet, after leaving the Colored Waif’s home in New Orleans, from instructor Peter Davis.
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Marceau is a Trade name used by Sears Roebuck & Co.
- Location
- Currently on loan
- Object Name
- Cornet
- Date made
- c. 1914
- user
- Armstrong, Louis
- maker attribution
- Pierre Marceau & Cie
- place made
- Czech Republic: Bohemia
- Czechoslovakia
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 41 cm; 16 1/8 in
- ID Number
- 2001.0322.01
- accession number
- 2001.0322
- catalog number
- 2001.0322.01
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Cornets
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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