Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory B-Flat Cornet
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Object Details
- Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory
- Description
This cornet was made by the Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory in Boston, Massachusetts around 1870 to 1875. It is a B-flat cornet made of brass with 3 string side-action rotary valves. This cornet is accessioned with a period wooden case and tuning crooks and shanks. The cornet is engraved:
"NE PLUS ULTRA"
Made
by the
BOSTON
Musical Instrument
Manufy.Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory was formed when the E.G. Wright Company and Graves & Company merged in 1869. By 1902, the company name was changed to the Boston Musical Instrument Company.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John Langer
- 1870-1875
- ID Number
- MI.78.01
- accession number
- 1978.0517
- catalog number
- 78.01
- Object Name
- cornet
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 3 9/32 in; 32.385 cm x 12.065 cm x 8.3058 cm
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Cornets
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_606328
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-3980-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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