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All Other Cornet Makers 1935 Buescher "Maestro" (272963) Buescher was well-known for their saxophones, yet their cornets and trumpets seem to be very high quality. Here's one from the height of the art deco era, with some nifty gold inlaid engraving on the bell. This one required a lot more work to restore than I bargained for. The unique finger hook had to be duplicated, and the leadpipe had to be replaced among other things. Before restoration c1900 Antoine Courtois "Levy's Model" (20,0XX)1955 Antoine Courtois 4,8XX 1918 E.A. Couturier Bb/A Cornet (gold) 11XX (rare, early Elkhart-made example) 1925 E.A. Couturier – Eb Cornet 5,6XX (unrestored) 1882 Henry Distin, Philadelphia
(10X) This is a very early Distin, and has beautiful extensive engraving on nearly all surfaces.1894 Henry Distin (Williamsport, PA) Superior Highest Grade After dentwork & polishing
123XX (valves) 11360 (bell)
1903 Henry Distin "Highest Grade" Cornet (17692 / 19751) 1915 Elkhart Musical Instrument Co. - Triumph 7831890 Gautrot Bb/A (none)
1875 Fiske Bb
(no serial number) Like the Boston 1879 Patent model, this cornet has rotary valves actuated by buttons, but this time, the buttons are atop pushrods which move through spring towers located in the same position as conventional piston valves. The makes for a very unusual appearance. Fiske made beautiful horns, and was eventually bought out by Conn, becoming their "Worcester" manufacturing facility. This beautiful example is missing the top and bottom covers for the spring towers which will be reproduced by Robb Stewart in the coming months. Happily the button/pushrod assemblies are still present. It also has the original mouthpiece, Bb shank and lyre, a bit unusual.
circa 1860 Graves & Co., Boston, Eb Bugle (no serial) All nickel silver, string-operated rotary valves. Bell detatches by removing two thumb screws and unscrewing a sleeve at the third valve.
Pictured with it is a Pollman, New York Bb Rotary Cornet, still in progress.
1890 John Heald (no serial) Note the unique thumb activated water key trigger (before repairs)
1870 Henry Lehnert Eb Miniature
(no serial) This rotary cornet is unusual in several respects. It is a pocket cornet, and is less than 8" in length with the leadpipe shank
removed. The rotary valves are "Allen" type, which means the tubing is widened and reduced in height as it enters the rotary valve. In this way, the valves don't have to rotate as much. Lehnert was a
top U.S. maker in the 19th century and was located in Philadelphia. This cornet is nickel silver, often referred to as "German Silver" in catalogs of the day.1900 H. Lehnert - American Standard
(none) 1920 "Professional" (typ. S-leadpipe config)
60XXC
1941 F.A. Reynolds - Sterling 9,2XX1948 Roth-Reynolds - Contempora 32,8XX1934 Selmer Cornet
(932) I tend to see mostly long model Selmer cornets. This seems to be an intermediate design, with some aspects of 19th century cornets, yet with a straight crook and neat art deco design elements.
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New "Echo Bell" Cornet Page! See several examples of these unsual cornets with two bells! |
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