Buescher B-Flat/A Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1909
name: label: maker
content: Buescher Band Instrument Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by the Buescher Band Instrument Co. in Elkhart, Indiana in 1909. It is a B-flat/A “long model” cornet, serial #9840, made of silver plated brass with 3 piston valves. The cornet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Buescher<br>PAT. OCT. 29.07<br>ELKHART, IND.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This cornet features United States Patent #869619 granted to Ferdinand A. Buescher on October 29, 1907, for an “Improvement in Wind Musical Instruments,” specifically the manufacture and shape of the bell.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Ferdinand August “Gus” Buescher (1861-1937) began his career making instruments with the C.G. Conn Company in 1876. In late 1894, Buescher started his firm, in partnership with clothing merchant John L. Collins and salesman Harry L. Long, and formed the Buescher Manufacturing Company in Elkhart. By 1904, the company name was changed to the Buescher Band Instrument Company.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>In 1916, Buescher sold a major share of the company and remained with the company until his resignation in 1929.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
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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: 1985.0017.10
label: accession number
content: 1985.0017
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0017.10
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: 25 in x 4 3/4 in x 6 3/4 in; 63.5 cm x 12.065 cm x 17.145 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 7 1/2 in x 5 in; 38.1 cm x 19.05 cm x 12.7 cm