B-flat Circular Cornet: Museum Object and Cultural History
B-flat Circular Cornet: date made: 1850 - 1900. Object Name: cornet. Physical Description: brass (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This cornet was made by an unknown maker in the United States or Germany, around 1850 to 1900. It is a B-flat circular cornet made of nickel silver and has 5 string side-action rotary valves.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1850 - 1900
- Object Name: cornet
- Physical Description: brass (overall material)
- Physical Description: nickel silver (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 15 in x 5 in x 12 in; 38.1 cm x 12.7 cm x 30.48 cm
- Measurements: overall: 17 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in x 5 1/16 in; 44.45 cm x 26.035 cm x 12.85875 cm
- ID Number: MI.237759
- accession number: 45356
- catalog number: 237759
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Weston D. Bayley
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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