It is indeed a Buescher cornet. In the early 1900s, Conn made a similar model which is sometimes called a "crossover" model because of the way the connections between the valves cross over instead of just going in line from one to the next. In the 1870s, Conn made some way more outlandish looking cornets than that even! The reason for the crossover? Look at a modern piston and you see dimples where the tubing for one port interferes with the adjacent ones. This causes problems but it's cheaper to do it that way so everybody does. The crossover design allows the ports to be clean and, judjing by the ones I've tried, it's a distinct improvement! Too much trouble to make though and, how do you get a dent out of that crossover pipe?
- Steve Mumford In a message dated 10/15/05 12:45:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Alan writes: > I've seen plenty of odd-looking instruments, both hornish & > non-hornish. Here's 1 that defies recognition: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/Musical-Instrument_W0QQitemZ7357680114QQcategoryZ16215QQr > dZ1QQcmdZViewItem > _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
