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Carl Fischer's American Model New York Cornet
$ 158.4
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Description
Carl Fischer's American Model New York trumpet, Antique circa 1880 to 1910 . Leadpipe is marked Austria. All sterling silver plated over brass with little to no loss of silver and can shine bright with some additional polishing. The top of the three finger pieces have inlaid real mother of pearl shell all in very good condition.The over all condition seems to be pretty good, particularly for a horn over 100 years old. there seems to be no missing or broken pieces. Measures 14 inches long and 6/12 inches tall and the bell is about 5 inches wide .
I am not a player so will be limited in answering questions, this is from my late husbands vintage collection.
Condition Details
Finish:
100% Silver Plate
Valves:
Move freely
Playability:
Not sure as I am not a player
Blemishes:
Small ding on Bell Crook.
Historical Background
In 1872,
Carl Fischer
emigrated from Germany and opened his musical instrument repair shop in the East Village neighborhood of New York City. Noticing that many of his customers were searching for instrumental arrangements of well-known works that didn't exist, Fischer began creating and reproducing arrangements, which led him into the music publishing business. Carl Fischer became the pre-eminent publisher of music for concert band composers such as
Percy Grainger
,
John Philip Sousa
and the famous transcriptions of
Erik W. G. Leidzén
and Mayhew Lake.
Carl Fischer also was a musical instrument dealer, and imported wooden flutes made by Emil Rittershausen, Berlin Germany, from the 1890s to 1914. During this early period Carl Fisher was also the sole U.S. agent for Besson instruments, but also imported stenciled brass instruments from Courtois, Alexander, and Bohland & Fuchs.
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In 1910 Fischer won the importation rights for woodwinds manufactured by
Buffet-Crampon
of France. In 1929 the
C.G. Conn
Ltd. corporation acquired the musical instrument department from the company, maintaining the Carl Fischer retail operations as a consortium between Conn and the music publisher under the Carl Fischer name. Instruments from various leading manufacturers of the period were sold under the
Carl Fischer
house brand.