NMM 6858. Cornet in E-flat by John Franklin Stratton, New York City, ca. 1859-1864
Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
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John Franklin Stratton was an accomplished trombone player, violinist, conductor, and machinist who opened his first music store in Hartford, New Hampshire. Subsequently, he moved to New York City and, in 1859, established himself as a brass instrument maker and musical instrument dealer. In 1864, he partnered with John Howard Foote as Stratton & Foote.
This cornet, built between 1859 and 1864, is similar to E-flat cornet models produced later by other makers like Moses Slater, the Martin Brothers (New York), and the Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory.
Signature engraved on brass plaque at bell:
John F. / Stratton / New=York.
Body: Brass with single-looped tubing: leadpipe with telescopic tuning slide; valve segment; integral conical bell bow and bellpipe; Saxon rim.
Valves: Three top-action, string-operated rotary valves. Spiral-spring return mechanisms; reciprocal driver pivot stopped by V-shaped cork buffers. Internal slide tubing. Windway: first, second, third valve.
Accessories: Light-brown, painted wooden case with iron and German-silver fittings. Brass lyre. Silver-plated brass cornet mouthpiece contemporary to instrument.
Sounding length: 897 mm; internal diameter, leadpipe: 10.7 mm; bore diameter (inner valve slides) 11 mm; bell diameter: 110 mm.
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