Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory B-Flat Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1870-1875
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 1870 to 1875. It is a B-flat cornet made of brass with 3 string side-action rotary valves. This cornet is accessioned with a period wooden case and tuning crooks and shanks. The cornet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>"NE PLUS ULTRA"<br>Made<br>by the<br>BOSTON<br>Musical Instrument<br>Manufy.</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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Langer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.78.01
label: accession number
content: 1978.0517
label: catalog number
content: 78.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cornet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 3 9/32 in; 32.385 cm x 12.065 cm x 8.3058 cm