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Cornet in E-flat (circular model)

(American, 1811–1871)
1864–66
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueBrass
DimensionsLength x width: 32.5 x 25.5 cm (12 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Robert Hazen
Accession number2012.940
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsEngraved on bell: Made by / E.G. Wright / Boston
ProvenanceAbout 1980, sold by Gordon Dow at a flea market, Pennsylvania, to Robert M. Hazen, Bethesda, Maryland; 2012, gift of Hazen to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 28, 2012)
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