Tenor Cornetto: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This cornetto was made by Charles Luscombe in Washington, DC, in 1905. It is a tenor cornetto made of dark stained wood, with 6 fingerholes. It is a reporduction instrument made in the Smithsonian labs.

Materials, dates and provenance

• date made: 1905
• unspecified: Smithsonian Institution
• maker: Luscombe, Charles R.
• maker: Luscombe, Charles
• Object Name: cornetto
• Physical Description: wood (overall material)
• Physical Description: paint (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 3 5/16 in x 41 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 8.41375 cm x 105.41 cm
• place made: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
• ID Number: MI.233550
• catalog number: 233550
• accession number: 43868
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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