Higham B-Flat Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1858-1860
name: label: maker
content: Higham, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by Joseph Higham in Manchester, England around 1858 to 1860. It is a B-flat cornet, serial #4735, made of silver plated brass and has 3 rotary valves. This cornet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>PATENT<br>BY HER<br>MAJESTY'S<br>ROYAL LETTERS<br>J. HIGHAM<br>MAKER<br>INVENTOR & PATENTEE<br>VICTORIA BRIDGE [/] MANCHESTER<br>4735</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Joseph Higham (1818-1883) was awarded British Patent #123, January 15, 1857, for “Improvements in valve musical instruments.”</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Manchester
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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.76.27
label: accession number
content: 1977.0294
label: catalog number
content: 76.27
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: 14 in x 5 in x 6 3/4 in; 35.56 cm x 12.7 cm x 17.145 cm