Boston Musical Instrument Manufactoty B-Flat/A Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1878-1880
name: label: maker
content: Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory
label: maker
content: Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory in Boston, Massachusetts around 1878 to 1880. It is a B-flat/A cornet made of silver plated brass with 3 piston valves. The cornet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0017.02
label: accession number
content: 1985.0017
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0017.02
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: 12 in x 5 in x 7 1/4 in; 30.48 cm x 12.7 cm x 18.415 cm
label: Measurements
content: cornet: 12 in x 7 11/16 in x 5 in; 30.48 cm x 19.52625 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: accessories box: 1 5/8 in x 8 3/16 in x 2 7/16 in; 4.1275 cm x 20.79625 cm x 6.19125 cm