Cornopean. Nominal pitch: B♭ etc.

Charles Pace

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Instrument

Cornopean

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Charles Pace

Place Made

United Kingdom ; London ; Europe ; England

Date Made

1834-53, probably c 1840

Description

Technical description: Copper with nickel or nickel alloy fittings and garland; shank and crooks also copper with nickel or nickel alloy fittings. Clapper key. Shank for A; crooks for G and F only. Valve top caps with cork wells. Tuning-slide configuration: the moving part of the main tuning-slide has the proximal outer leg and the distal inner leg; 1st and 2nd valves have outer slide on moving part; 3rd valve inner slide on moving part. Valve type: 3 Stölzel valves with spring inside cylindrical capsule; alignment by key on capsule; metal partitions. Repair History: Clapper key a replacement, 1982. Overall size: 270; bell 131. Sounding length: minimum without shank or crook, 1275; overall air column lengths: shank for A 129.5; crook for G 316; crook for F 519. Bore: shank for A at c 55mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 9.7; shank for A at distal end, 9.6; crook for G at c 40mm from mouthpiece receiver, 9.8; crook for G at distal end, 9.4 crook for F at c 60mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 9.7; crook for F at distal end, 10.0; instrument body at c 40mm from mouthpiece/shank/crook receiver (local minimum bore) 10.7; m.t.s. at c 190mm from mouthpiece/shank/crook receiver, tuning slide bores 11.1 10.1; valve pistons at foot (1,2,3) 101.7; v.t.s. 1 (pull obstructed by key, estimated 10.8), v.t.s. 2, 10.8, v.t.s. 3, 11.1; v.t.s. (1, 2, 3) 10.7; at 637mm from bell end, c 10.7; at c 355 from bell end, 15.1. B = 0.64 (postulated Bb shank). Dia of mouthpiece receiver: internal tapers of shank for A 11.2 10.8, crook for G 11.2 10.9, crook for F 11.3 10.8; external tapers of shank for A 10.6 11.2, crook for G 10.3 11.1, crook for F 10.7 11.0; mouthpiece/shank/crook receiver taper 11.3 11.0. Inscribed on bell garland "IMPROVED / & MADE BY / CHAS. PACE / 49 KING ST. / WESTMINSTER". Stamped on applied circular silver plaques on shank "A"; on crooks "G" and "F". Decorative features: Decorated top valve caps. Fitted case, probably original. Protective caps for valve touches. Probable crook for Ab missing. Clapper key a replacement, 1982. Usable pitch: Plays above A4 = 440 Hz: 55 cents in Bb, 35 cents in A, 30 cents in G, 20 cents in F. Performance characteristics: Each crook makes different notes hard to produce. Illustration references: Vol. 1 p.131; Myers 1991, Plate 8; Myers 2000, p.162.

Notes

Arnold Myers; N. Parks, 1989; L. Haigh, 1.4.91; R. Parks, 5.6.93, 8.5.99.

Measurements

270; bell 131.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

Mickleburgh Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

1136

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