Fiske B-Flat Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1873-1887
name: label: maker
content: Fiske, Isaac
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by Isaac Fiske in Worcester, Massachusetts around 1873 to 1887. It is a B-flat cornet made of silver plated brass and has 3 piston (top) action string-operated rotary valves. The cornet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>ISAAC FISKE<br>MAKER<br>WORCESTER MASS<br>PATENTED<br>APR.29<br>73. NOV.12, 1867</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This cornet features two patents awarded to Isaac Fiske (1820-1894):</p>
label: Description
content: <p>United States Patent #70824, November 12, 1867, for an “Improvement in crooks for Musical Insttruments.”</p>
label: Description
content: <p>United States Patent #138389, April 29, 1873, for an “Improvement in Cornets and similar Musical Instruments.”</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The triangular arrangement of the rotary valves controlled by top pistons is a feature unique to many instruments made by Isaac Fiske.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Isaac Fiske (1820-1894) established his firm in 1842 in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1887, on his retirement, Fiske sold his company to G.C. Conn.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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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 Cathryn White Sylvester in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henderson N. White
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0255.03
label: accession number
content: 1991.0255
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0255.03
label: patent number
content: 70824
label: patent number
content: 138389
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 1/2 in x 5 in x 6 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 12.7 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: cornet: 12 in x 5 in x 7 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 12.7 cm x 19.05 cm
label: Measurements
content: receiver: 5 5/8 in x 1 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 14.2875 cm x 3.175 cm x 1.27 cm