Fiske E-Flat Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1868-1872
name: label: maker
content: Fiske, Isaac
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by Isaac Fiske in Worcester, Massachusetts around 1868 to 1872. It is an E-flat cornet, in helicon form, made of nickel silver and has 3 string action rotary valves. This cornet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>ISAAC FISKE<br>MAKER<br>WORCESTER MASS<br>PATENTED<br>Nov. 12. 1867. FEB.11.1868</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This cornet features the following patents issued to Isaac Fiske:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>United States Patent #70824, November 12, 1867 for an “Improvement in Crooks for Musical Instruments"</p>
label: Description
content: <p>United States Patent #74331, February 11, 1868 for an “Improvement in Cornets, etc.”</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 Myra Wallace
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.363090
label: accession number
content: 117166
label: catalog number
content: 363090
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cornet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in x 15 in; 31.75 cm x 12.065 cm x 38.1 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 11/16 in x 12 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 32.22625 cm x 31.115 cm x 11.43 cm