# 7874 Cornet was made in the late 1880's
  Medaille
  1st Class
Exposition
Universelle
1855
Â
Then beneath it:
Â
Medaille
Londres 1862
Exposition Universelle
Paris 1867
Medaille D'honneur
En Argent
San Francisco
American Institute
Ch. Missenharter
Manf'r
New York
7874
Charles Missenharter Jr.'s personal instrument.
This cornet is brass and silver plated with engraving and has many shanks and mouthpieces, but no original case.
Charles Jr. had two of these instruments, # 8501 and has a little less engraving. Family history says that he had both the 7874 cornet and the 8501.
See before and after cleaning photos
Owned by Dr. Mark Ponzo
Professor of Trumpet - Northern Illinois University
