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Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, 1937
29 lines. Read by computer on 27 September 2026. Printed page 303. See the scan on archive.org.
1* CORNET inscribed "James A. Bazin 1824." A unique early instrument.
2At the Canton Historical Society, [address hidden], Canton, Mass. To see write to Mr. Walter Hall, Curator, [address hidden], Canton.
3Wide bell made of copper with brass trimmings. Different pitches obtained by turning the ebonized round knob in the center of a hollow disk about 5 in. in diameter, revolving within a copper rim. On the disk is marked the letter names for 1 octave, C to B, sharps included. Some brass attachments to the disk possibly keys? This cornet was played by him in the First Parish Church. This with a bass viol provided the church music before there was an organ. It has a pleasant tone.
5* CORNET? made by James A. Bazin. It is smaller than the above and also a unique style of construction.
6At the Canton Historical Society, [address hidden], Canton, Mass.
7Has a small brass bell. Different pitches obtained in playing by turning a wooden knob which revolves a narrow cylinder on which are marked the letters including the sharps for 2 octaves "C" to "C."
9* CORNET inscribed "Gilmore & Co., a monogram made up of P.S.G., Boston, Mass." This firm name listed in Boston Directories only in 1866.
10At Fitchburg Historical Society, [address hidden], Fitchburg, Mass. Open from Sept. 15th to June 15th, Sunday and Thursday afternoons 2-4 p.m.
11Key of E flat? German silver? This cornet was used by Joseph C. Brown, inventor of the Brown-Bag-Filling Machine, up to the time when he lost his arm. Presented by his Estate in 1933.
13† KEYED BUGLE SOPRANO IN C, inscribed "Graves and Co., Winchester, N. H." Made about 1840 before the company moved to Boston.
14At the Metropolitan Art Museum, [address hidden], New York, Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments. Acc. No. [address hidden] 108.
16FLUEGEL HORN, inscribed "Graves & Co., Boston."
17At University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments. Coll. No. [address hidden] p. 122.
18Soprano in B flat, German Silver, 3 rotary valves. Length 35.5cm. Bell diameter 11.8cm.
20BOX VALVE, 2 pistons, made in 1830 by Graves & Co. Firm then located in Winchester, N. H.
21At University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments. Coll. No. [address hidden] p. 218.
22"This valve consists of a tube sliding within another. A hole in the inner tube allows free passage of the air, which when the piston is pressed down, is directed to a crook which lengthens the vibrating length." Mechanism introduced by this firm.
24CORNET inscribed "Hall and Quinby, Boston."
25At University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments. Coll. No. [address hidden] p. 122.
26In B flat, German silver, 3 rotary valves. Length of model 40cm. Bell diameter 12.2cm.
28For illustration of Hall & Quinby rotary valve musical instruments see Boston Directory 1870, Advtg. Dept., p. 1043.
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