Vintage Cornet with extra crooks

Vintage Cornet with extra crooks

This Vintage Cornet with extra crooks is hard to date. It has no makers name & no serial number. There is however a very small stamp which might indicate who made it. Anyone out there know who this might be? The two extra crooks are in G & F. What is unusual about this vintage cornet is that there are no water keys which could mean it’s fairly old. Early brass instruments, like natural trumpets did not have water keys. The player would rotate the instrument in order to expel the fluid either through the bell or through the mouthpipe. Rotating the instrument whilst pressing down the valves would release fluid stuck in the valve slides into the main tubing of the instrument.

Bodged repair carried out mid 20th century.

Please note this cornet is on display at Trevor’s home so please let us know if you want to view it.

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