Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory B-Flat Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1900-1904
name: label: maker
content: Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by the Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory in Boston, Massachusetts around 1900 to 1904. It is a B-flat/A cornet, Ne Plus Ultra model serial #15523, made of silver plated brass with 3 Périnet piston valves with mother-of-pearl finger buttons. This cornet is accessioned with a period wooden case covered with black leather lined with purple plush and trimmed with nickel plated brass. The cornet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>1<br>NE PLUS ULTRA<br>Made<br>by the<br>BOSTON<br>Musical Instrument<br>MANUFACTURY</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory was formed when the E.G. Wright Company and Graves & Company merged in 1869. By 1902, the company name was changed to the Boston Musical Instrument Company.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.69.08
label: catalog number
content: 69.08
label: accession number
content: 282680
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cornet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 5 in x 8 in; 33.02 cm x 12.7 cm x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: cornet: 12 3/8 in x 8 in x 4 15/16 in; 31.4325 cm x 20.32 cm x 12.54125 cm