B-Flat/A Adolphe Sax Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1873
name: label: maker
content: Sax, Adolphe
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by Antoine-Joseph (Adolphe) Sax in Paris, France in 1873. It is a B-flat/A cornet, serial #38072, made of silver plated brass with gold plated details, and has 3 Périnet piston valves. This cornet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>No. 38072<br>Adolphe Sax<br>Fteur Breveté<br>rue Saint Georges 50<br>à Paris</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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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: MI.76.29
label: accession number
content: 1977.0294
label: catalog number
content: 76.29
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cornet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in x 8 in; 32.385 cm x 13.97 cm x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 2 3/4 in x 1 in; 6.985 cm x 2.54 cm