Hillyard B-Flat/A Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1886-1893
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by William Hillyard in London, England around 1886 to 1893. It is a B-flat/A cornet, Howard Reynolds model, made of nickel plated brass with 3 piston valves. This cornet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>HOWARD REYNOLD'S MODEL<br>TESTED<br>& APPROVED<br> BY THIS ARTIST<br>SPECIALLY<br>MANUFACTURED BY<br>W. HILLYARD<br>167 High Holborn<br>London<br>FOR THE CHICAGO MUSIC COMPY</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Howard Reynolds (d.1898) was a prominent cornetist in London in the mid to late 19th century. This cornet model was name after Reynolds and made by Hillyard for the Chicago Music Company.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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 Arabel Wycoff Cammann Johnston in memory of Margaret Carpenter Camman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0280.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0280.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0280
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: cornet: 12 1/2 in x 5 in x 7 1/4 in; 31.75 cm x 12.7 cm x 18.415 cm
label: Measurements
content: longest receiver: 6 7/16 in x 1 1/8 in x 7/16 in; 16.35125 cm x 2.8575 cm x 1.11125 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 2 3/8 in x 1 1/16 in; 6.0325 cm x 2.69875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 5 in x 7 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 12.7 cm x 19.05 cm