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Cornet
Cornet made of lacquered brass with some nickel-silver trimmings, also lacquered. It has three top-sprung piston valves with brass disc guide inside inner casing, green felt and cork bumpers, and plastic touches on buttons. There are two water-keys located on leadpipe bow and third-valve tuning slide, and an adjustable ring holder shaft on the third -valve as well. The instrument is accompanied with two silver-plated mouthpieces. Nominal pitch: B-flat.
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1950–70 - Maker:
F. E. Olds & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
Museum of Army Music - Inventory number:
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Fullerton (Timezone: America/Los_Angeles) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.11 Valve horns with narrow bore, with short air column (less than 2 m)
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell: OLDS / AMBASSADOR / FULLERTON / CALIF.
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.11 Valve horns with narrow bore, with short air column (less than 2 m)
- Repository:Museum of Army Music
- Measurements:Length: 390mm; Height: 188mm; Bell diameter: 122mm; Sounding length: 1365mm