Harry B. Jay B-Flat Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1911-1915
name: label: maker
content: Harry B. Jay Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by the Harry B. Jay Co. in Chicago, Illinois around 1911 to 1915. It is a long model B-flat cornet Columbia model, serial #735, made of brass with 3 piston valves and features a patented tuning by Harry B. Jay. This cornet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>COLUMBIA <br>PATENTED<br>Harry B. Jay Co.<br>CHICAGO<br>UNION<br>LABEL<br> 735</p>
label: Description
content: <p>There are two patents issued to Jay featured on this cornet:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>United States Patent #856642, June 11, 1907, for “Improvements in Tuning Slides for Horns and Like Instruments.”</p>
label: Description
content: <p>United States Patent #1003049, September 12, 1911, for “Improvements in Musical Instruments.”</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Cornets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert Erickson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.70.24
label: accession number
content: 290484
label: catalog number
content: 70.24
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cornet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 4 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 43.18 cm x 11.43 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 15/16 in x 4 5/8 in x 6 7/8 in; 43.02125 cm x 11.7475 cm x 17.4625 cm