Cornet, nominal pitch: B♭ etc

Charles Pace & Sons

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Instrument

Cornet/Cornets/Wind/Musical Instrument ; Cornet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Charles Pace & Sons

Place Made

London ; Europe ; England ; United Kingdom

Date Made

1847-1853

Description

Cornet. Nominal pitch: Bb etc. Maker: Charles Pace & Sons. London. 1847 53. Serial number: 120. Overall size: 375; bell 122. Sounding length: maximum addition of tuning slide to air column length 324. Bore: instrument body at c 30mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 8.9; v.t.s. (3,2,1) at c 267mm from mouthpiece receiver, valve tuning slide bore 10.2; m.t.s. 10.2 11.1. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 9.6 9.0. Technical description: Silver plated brass. Design registered by Charles Matthew Pace in 1847; fixed mouthpipe, long main tuning slide can be extended to lower pitch from Bb to A, Ab or G. The moving part of the main tuning slide has the proximal outer leg and the distal inner leg. A pointer on the outer movable leg points to the calibrations on the fixed outer leg. There is a false short straight tube between the 1st and 2nd valves, the windway is through a longer curved tube. Valve type: 3 Berlin type valves; the bottoms of the valve cases have extended caps, the bottoms of the pistons have extended tubing which descend into the caps; alignment by key on casing and groove in piston. Inscribed on bell "THE ALBION CORNOPEAN / Registered / 26th January 1847 / Invented by Charles Matthew Pace Junr. / No 120 / Manufactured by / CHAS. PACE & SONS / 49 King Street / Westminster"; tuning slide calibrated by rings on outer tube inscribed "G", "Ab", "A", "Bb". Decorative features: Garland embellished with rose, thistle, shamrock and foliage motifs. General literature references: Webb 1985, p.50. Lent with mouthpiece (3226). Specific literature references: Bingham 1983, item 29. Illustration references: Bingham 1983, item 29. Current ownership: Lent by The National War Museum of Scotland 1987 57.

Notes

R. Parks, 20.2.93, 4.9.99; Frank Tomes; A. Myers.

Measurements

375; bell 122.

Provenance

Lent by The National War Museum of Scotland 1987-57.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

3225

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