Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1850
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by an unknown maker, in Europe around 1840-1850. This cornet is made of brass with an engraved nickel silver bell garland, and has 3 Stölzel piston valves. The cornet is accessioned with 7 terminal crooks: B-flat, A, A-flat, G, F, E, and E-flat.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Heinrich Stölzel (1777-1844), a German horn player is best known for making some of the earliest valves for brass instruments in 1814.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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 Mrs. Leonard Wallis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.65.0160
label: accession number
content: 256636
label: catalog number
content: 65.0160
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cornet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 12.3 cm; 26.67 cm x 12.065 cm x 19.05 cm x 4 27/32 in
label: Measurements
content: cornet: 10 1/2 in x 8 in x 4 13/16 in; 26.67 cm x 20.32 cm x 12.22375 cm