Besson & Co. B-Flat/A Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1903-1909
name: label: maker
content: Besson & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by Besson & Co. in London, England about 1909.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>It is a B-flat/A cornet, Proteano model serial #89458, made of silver plated brass with 3 piston valves. This cornet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>NEW CREATION<br>PROTEANO<br>[banner]<br>[logo]<br>BESSON & CO.<br>"Prototype"<br>198 EUSTON ROAD<br>LONDON<br>ENGLAND<br>CARL FISCHER<br>6.4th Av. N.Y.</br>SOLE AGENT U. STATES</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Music publisher and musical instrument dealer Carl Fischer in New York was the sole sales agent in the United States for Besson instruments.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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: 1985.0017.06
label: accession number
content: 1985.0017
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0017.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cornet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33.3 cm x 11.8 cm; x 13 1/8 in x 4 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/16 in x 7 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in; 33.17875 cm x 18.415 cm x 12.065 cm