This cornet was made by Martin P. Tomchik & Sons in Brunn, Austria around 1867 to 1884. It is a B-flat/A cornet made of highly engraved silver plated brass and has 3 Périnet piston valves. This cornet is inscribed:
M.P. TOMSCHIK & SONs BRUNN-AUSTRIA MANUFACTURY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
This cornet was made by C.G. Conn in Elkhart, Indiana in 1889. It is a B-flat cornet, serial #18014, made of silver plated brass with ornate etching on the bell, and has 3 piston valves. This cornet is engraved:
C.G.CONN ELKHART, IND. AND WORCESTER MASS
and engraved on the bell:
“D.M.IRVIN.FOR THE USE OF C.P.CHURCH. JACKSON. TENN. 1889.”
This cornet was made for the Orchestra of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Jackson, Tennessee, and played by the donor’s father.
This cornet was made around 1878 to 1882 and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is a side action, long pattern E-flat cornet made of nickel plated brass and has 3 string rotary valves. This cornet has an engraved medallion:
J. H. [lyre] F. NY&C
Brass instruments bearing the medallion of J. Howard Foote were likely made for him by the firm of John Stratton or other factories in New York City.
John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as a cornet (#5017), for $14.50.
This cornet was made by Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory in Boston, Massachusetts around 1878 to 1880. It is a B-flat/A cornet made of silver plated brass with 3 piston valves. The cornet is engraved:
Made by the BOSTON Musical Instrument Manufy.
Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory was formed when the E.G. Wright Company and Graves & Company merged in 1869. By 1902, the company name was changed to the Boston Musical Instrument Company.
This cornet was made by Isaac Fiske in Worcester, Massachusetts around 1873 to 1887. It is a B-flat cornet made of silver plated brass and has 3 piston (top) action string-operated rotary valves. The cornet is engraved:
ISAAC FISKE MAKER WORCESTER MASS PATENTED APR.29 73. NOV.12, 1867
This cornet features two patents awarded to Isaac Fiske (1820-1894):
United States Patent #70824, November 12, 1867, for an “Improvement in crooks for Musical Insttruments.”
United States Patent #138389, April 29, 1873, for an “Improvement in Cornets and similar Musical Instruments.”
The triangular arrangement of the rotary valves controlled by top pistons is a feature unique to many instruments made by Isaac Fiske.
Isaac Fiske (1820-1894) established his firm in 1842 in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1887, on his retirement, Fiske sold his company to G.C. Conn.
This cornet was made around 1878 to 1882 and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is an E-flat cornet made of silver plated brass and has 3 Périnet piston valves. This cornet has an engraved medallion:
J. H. [lyre] F. NY&C
Brass instruments bearing the medallion of J. Howard Foote were likely made for him by the firm of John Stratton or other factories in New York City.
John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument was sold as a Courtois model cornet (#5078 ½).
This cornet was made around 1878 to 1882 and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is an E-flat cornet made of silver plated brass and has 3 Périnet piston valves. This cornet has an engraved medallion:
J. H. [lyre] F. NY&C
Brass instruments bearing the medallion of J. Howard Foote were likely made for him by the firm of John Stratton or other factories in New York City.
John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument was sold as a Courtois model cornet (#5080 ½).