E-Flat Cornet
date: label: Date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made around 1878 to 1882 and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is a side action, long pattern E-flat cornet made of nickel plated brass and has 3 string rotary valves. This cornet has an engraved medallion:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>J.<br>H.<br>[lyre] F.<br>NY&C</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Brass instruments bearing the medallion of J. Howard Foote were likely made for him by the firm of John Stratton or other factories in New York City.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as a cornet (#5017), for $14.50.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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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 J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055594
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55594
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cornet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/4 in x 7 in x 4 1/4 in; 33.655 cm x 17.78 cm x 10.795 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 33.655 cm x 16.51 cm x 10.795 cm