Object Details
- Description
This cornet was made around 1878 to 1882 and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is a side action, long pattern E-flat cornet made of nickel plated brass and has 3 string rotary valves. This cornet has an engraved medallion:
J.
H.
[lyre] F.
NY&CBrass 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.
John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as a cornet (#5017), for $14.50.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Howard Foote
- 1878 - 1882
- ID Number
- MI.055594
- accession number
- 11535
- catalog number
- 55594
- Object Name
- cornet
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- nickel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 1/4 in x 7 in x 4 1/4 in; 33.655 cm x 17.78 cm x 10.795 cm
- overall: 13 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 33.655 cm x 16.51 cm x 10.795 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Cornets
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_881457
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-64cc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
