Tenor Cornetto: Museum Object and Cultural History
Tenor Cornetto: date made: 1905. maker: Luscombe, Charles. Object Name: cornetto.
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 a medium-brown wood mouthpiece. It is a reporduction instrument made in the Smithsonian labs.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1905
- maker: Luscombe, Charles
- Object Name: cornetto
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: leather (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 25 3/4 in x 1 7/8 in; 65.405 cm x 4.7625 cm
- place made: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- ID Number: MI.233535
- accession number: 43853
- catalog number: 233535
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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