#7874 Cornet Serpent

# 7874 Cornet was made in the late 1880's

  Medaille

  1st Class

Exposition

Universelle

1855

Then beneath it:

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