Standard Band Instrument Co. B-Flat/A Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1910-1920
name: label: maker
content: Vega Company
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by the Vega/Standard Band Instrument Co. in Boston, Massachusetts around 1910 to 1920. It is a B-flat/A cornet, serial #1273, made of silver plated brass with 3 piston valves. This cornet features a tuning slide enabling the player to quickly change pitch from B-flat to A. This cornet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>VEGA<br>Made<br>in the<br>Standard<br>Band Inst. Co.<br>62 Sudbury St<br>BOSTON</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The Vega Company of Boston purchased the Standard Band Instrument Company in 1909, and continued to make brass instruments under the Vega and Standard names into the early 20th century.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0017.04
label: accession number
content: 1985.0017
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0017.04
label: serial number
content: 1273
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 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 32.385 cm x 12.065 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: cornet: 12 7/8 in x 7 1/4 in x 5 1/16 in; 32.7025 cm x 18.415 cm x 12.85875 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 2 3/8 in x 1 1/16 in; 6.0325 cm x 2.69875 cm