B-Flat Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made around 1878 to 1882 and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is an E-flat cornet made of silver plated brass and has 3 Périnet piston valves. This cornet has an engraved medallion:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>J.<br>H. [lyre] F.<br>NY&C</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Brass instruments bearing the medallion of J. Howard Foote were likely made for him by the firm of John Stratton or other factories in New York City.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument was sold as a Courtois model cornet (#5080 ½).</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055608
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55608
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: 13 in x 4 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 33.02 cm x 10.795 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: cornet: 12 1/2 in x 7 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in; 31.75 cm x 18.415 cm x 12.065 cm
label: Measurements
content: accessories in box: 1 9/16 in x 6 1/2 in x 5 in; 3.96875 cm x 16.51 cm x 12.7 cm