Object Details
- Description
This cornet was made by Lyon & Healy in Chicago, Illinois about 1903. It is a C/B-flat/A cornet, Own Make model serial #3075, made of silver plated brass, and has 3 piston valves. This cornet can be played as a C cornet instrument with slide(s) to B-flat and A. This cornet is engraved:
LYON & HEALY
IMPROVED
OWN MAKE
CHICAGO
3075- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Lyon & Healy
- date made
- 1900-1925
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert Erickson
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 in x 4 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 40.64 cm x 12.065 cm x 16.51 cm
- overall: 16 3/8 in x 5 1/4 in x 6 3/8 in; 41.5925 cm x 13.335 cm x 16.1925 cm
- Object Name
- cornet
