This cornet was made by the Antoine Courtois & Mille in Paris, France around 1880 to 1895. It is B-flat/A cornet, Arbuckle model, made of silver plated brass with 3 piston valves with mother-of-pearl finger buttons and tuning shanks and crooks.
This cornet model is named after Scottish immigrant, Matthew Arbuckle (1828-1883), a prominent cornet player of the era. His cornet instruction book containing instructions, exercises, lessons, and arrangements, Arbuckle’s Complete Cornet Method was published in 1866 and is still used today.
This cornet bears inscriptions of Courtois and J. Howard Foote. J. Howard Foote, musical instrument dealer in New York and Chicago, was the sole Courtois importer in the United States in the 1880s and 1890s.
This cornet was made Buffet-Crampon & Cie in Paris, France around 1900 to 1925. It is a B-flat cornet, Evette & Schaeffer model serial #5281, made of silver plated brass, and has 3 piston valves. This cornet is engraved:
SJ 4 EVETTE & SCHAEFFER Ane Mer BUFFET-CRAMPON & Cie [trademark] 18 & 20 PASSAGE DU GRAND CERF PARIS
This cornet was made by the Antoine Courtois & Mille in Paris, France around 1880 to 1895. It is B-flat/A cornet, Arbuckle model, made of silver plated brass with 3 piston valves with mother-of-pearl finger buttons and tuning shanks and crooks.
This cornet model is named after Scottish immigrant, Matthew Arbuckle (1828-1883), a prominent cornet player of the era. His cornet instruction book containing instructions, exercises, lessons, and arrangements, Arbuckle’s Complete Cornet Method was published in 1866 and is still used today.
This cornet bears inscriptions of Courtois and J. Howard Foote. J. Howard Foote, musical instrument dealer in New York and Chicago, was the sole Courtois importer in the United States in the 1880s and 1890s.
This cornet was made by Halari, France around 1845 to 1855. It is made of brass with red lacquer and gold leaf inside the bell. This cornet has 3 Stölzel piston valves and accessioned with 3 tuning shanks in “si” (B-flat, “sib" (B-flat at a lower pitch), "la” (A), and 5 tuning crooks in “la.b"(A-flat), "sol” (G), “fa" (F), “mi” (E), and "mi.b" (E-flat coupler added to the E crook). It is engraved:
HALARI BREVETE A PARIS
Jean Hilaire Asté (1775-1840) was a French music professor and instrument maker. In 1804, founded the maison Halari (also known as Halary).
Jean Louis Antoine (1788-1861) succeeded Asté in 1840 and continued to use the name Halari. His son, Jules Leon Antoine (1827- after 1872) took over the business and sold the company to Comte et Cie in 1873, led by François Sudre.
This cornet was made by Antoine-Joseph (Adolphe) Sax in Paris, France in 1873. It is a B-flat/A cornet, serial #38072, made of silver plated brass with gold plated details, and has 3 Périnet piston valves. This cornet is engraved:
No. 38072 Adolphe Sax Fteur Breveté rue Saint Georges 50 à Paris
This cornet was made around 1889 to 1891 and by sold by C, Bruno & Son in New York. It is a B-flat/A cornet made of brass with 3 Périnet piston valves and accessioned with a period black painted coffin case lined with red fabric. This cornet is engraved:
[Pourcelle logo] Henry Pourcelle Paris
Henry Pourcelle was the trade name for cornets imported by C. Bruno & Son in New York. This cornet was likely manufactured by Bohland & Fuchs in Austria. This cornet is typical of the very inexpensive piston cornets sold by American musical instrument dealers.