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Isaac Fiske Piston Rotary Cornet





Cornet in Bb
circular, rotary valves

ISAAC FISKE

1842-1862

Description :
Technical description: Brass, with long section of dummy tubing to give circular corpus; bell directed upwards and slightly forwards (at 75‹ from mouthpipe). Bell with garland. The instrument may have been intended to be played with a short shank. Valve type: 3 top-action string-operated rotary valves, leaf springs attached to touchpieces., Repair History: The shank associated with the instrument is a Bb French or British cornet shank.

Inscriptions :
Isaac Fiske. Maker. Worcester. Mass.





Rotary Valve Cornet

Isaac Fiske 

ca. 1875

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Height :31.5 cm
Without shanks or mouthpiece





Bb Cornet

Inscription

Isaac Fiske

 about 1872





tromba a macchina, a pistoni

Inscription

Isaac Fiske

ca. 1870-1886

Sounding length: 955 mm

internal diameter:
leadpipe: 11 mm
bore diameter (inner valveslides) 11.8 mm
bell diameter: 117 mm










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