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Cornet (circular model)
mid-19th century
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Brass, nickel silver
Dimensions
Length 32 cm (12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1988
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
Catalogue Raisonné
DescriptionSoprano in B-flat (high pitch). Cylindro-conoidal bore. Circular-shaped, 'Prince Pless Horn' type. Three double piston valves. Viennese action. Brass, with German silver trimmings. Piston levers arranged for left-handed playing as on a French horn. Music holder (detachable) of German silver. Original fitted case.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)