Gautier C/B-Flat/A Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1900-1925
name: label: maker
content: Lyon & Healy
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made around 1918 to 1923, possibly in France, and by sold by Lyon & Healy in Chicago, Illinois. It is a B-flat/A/C cornet, Virtuoso model serial #20746, made of silver plated brass with gold plate inside the bell, and has 3 piston valves with mother-of-pearl finger buttons. This cornet has an extra tuning slide for low pitch. It is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Henri Gautier<br>Virtuoso</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Henri Gautier was a trade name used by Lyon & Healy of Chicago.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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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.72.22
label: catalog number
content: 72.22
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: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in x 7 in; 41.91 cm x 12.065 cm x 17.78 cm