Boland & Fuchs C Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1920-1938
name: label: maker
content: Bohland & Fuchs
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by Bohland & Fuchs in Kraslice (Graslitz), Bohemia, around 1920 to 1938. It is a C cornet, American Student model, made of silver plated brass, and has 3 piston valves with mother-of-pearl buttons. This instrument has been crudely altered from a B-flat cornet to a C cornet. The cornet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>AMERICAN<br>STUDENT<br>Made by<br>Bohland & Fuchs<br>Bohemia</p>
label: Description
content: <p>American Student was a trade name used by The Chicago Musical Instrument Company for instruments made by Bohland & Fuchs.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Bohland & Fuchs was founded in 1870 by Gustavus Bohland and Martin Fuchs and flourished until 1945.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Czech Republic: Karlovarský Kraj, Kraslice
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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.72.19
label: catalog number
content: 72.19
label: accession number
content: 297966
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: 18 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 46.99 cm x 10.795 cm x 13.97 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 3/8 in x 4 3/8 in x 5 5/8 in; 46.6725 cm x 11.1125 cm x 14.2875 cm