Pocket Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1900
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by an unknown maker in Europe around 1880-1900. It is a pocket cornet made of brass with 3 piston valves.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was used by Fritz A. Blomberg (1864-1938), who immigrated from Kristinsham, Sweden to the United States on the Prussian Line, with ports of departure from Glasgow, Scotland and Moville and Galway, Ireland. The ship arrived in Boston on July 25, 1892. Passenger and Crew lists for the Prussian Line indicate that Fritz A. Blomberg could read and write and his occupation was a cigar maker. Blomberg received his American citizenship on November 25, 1903. According to relatives, Fritz A. Blomberg was prominent in music circles in the Boston area.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Europe
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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 Vincent S. and Patricia D. Pettinato in Memory of John and Elsa Swanson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0322.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0322
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0322.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cornet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: cornet: 9 5/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 6 7/16 in; 24.4475 cm x 9.525 cm x 16.35125 cm
label: Measurements
content: largest mouthpiece: 3 3/16 in x 1 1/16 in; 8.09625 cm x 2.69875 cm
label: Measurements
content: longest receiver: 5 13/16 in x 1 in x 1/4 in; 14.76375 cm x 2.54 cm x .635 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 6 in; 24.13 cm x 11.43 cm x 15.24 cm