Cornet. Nominal pitch: B♭ etc.

Antoine Courtois

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Instrument

Cornet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Antoine Courtois

Place Made

Western Europe ; Paris ; Europe ; France

Date Made

1872-1878

Description

Technical description: Silver-plated brass. Leadpipe enters 3rd valve casing at 30° right of front; 3rd valve loop leaves from left and returns to front; bellpipe exits 1st valve casing at the left. With double water-key with single touchpiece. With silver-plated brass crook for A♭. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, top-sprung with spring inside hollow stem; alignment by 3 unequal lugs on spring plate. Repair History: Legs of main tuning-slide extended to lower from Old Philharmonic pitch. Maker: Antoine Courtois. Paris. 1872 78. Serial number: 10022; 5493. Overall size: 312; bell 125. Sounding length: crook overall air column length 251 (single coil). Bore: crook at c 30mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 8.5; crook at distal end, 10.1; instrument body at c 50mm from shank/crook receiver (local minimum bore) 10.1; m.t.s. at c 250mm from shank/crook receiver, tuning slide bores 11.4 11.6; v.t.s. (3,2,1) 11.5. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: crook m.r.t. 9.4 8.8; crook external taper 11.5 12.3; shank/crook receiver taper 12.1 11.4. Inscribed on bell "Arbuckle Model / Médaille / LONDRES 1862 / Exposition Universelle / PARIS 1867 / Médaille d'Honneur / EN ARGENT / ANTOINE COURTOIS / Breveté / FACTEUR DU CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL / 88, rue Des Marais St. Martin / Paris / 1ER PRIX / GRANDE MÉDAILLE D'OR / EXPOSITION DE MOSCOU / 1872 / S. ARTHUR CHAPPELL / Sole Agent / 52 New Bond Street / London" and "5493"; on bottom caps and sides of valve casings "1", "2", "3". Stamped inside 3rd valve top cap "10022". With black shaped wooden box. Bb and A shanks missing. Legs of main tuning slide extended to lower from Old Philharmonic pitch. Usable pitch: With modified tuning slide and sole crook, plays c 40 cents above A4 = 440 Hz; tuning slide allows use at A4 = 440 Hz.

Notes

Arnold Myers; N. Parks, 7.7.91; R. Parks, 31.5.93, 1.5.99; T.R. Hewat 4.4.94.

Measurements

312; bell 125.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

3270

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