Elkhart Band Instrument Co. B-Flat Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1923-1936
name: label: maker
content: Elkhart Band Instrument Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by The Elkhart Band Instrument Co. in Elkhart, Indiana around 1923 to 1936. It is a “long model” B-flat cornet, serial #14674, made of silver plated brass, and has 3 piston valves. This cornet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>THE<br> ELKHART<br>BAND INST. CO.<br>Elkhart - Indiana<br>U.S.A.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The Elkhart Band Instrument Company was formed in 1923 by Andrew Hubble Beardsley (1864-1936). In 1926, the Elkhart Band Instrument Company merged with the Buescher Band Instrument Company. After the death of Beardsley in 1936, Buescher continued using the Elkhart Band Instrument Company name on instruments until 1958.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
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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 Robert Erickson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.72.20
label: catalog number
content: 72.20
label: accession number
content: 297966
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: 16 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 41.91 cm x 11.43 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 6 3/16 in; 41.91 cm x 11.43 cm x 15.71625 cm