Brass Instruments From the Late 19th Century

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Arban-Bouvet and Other Compensating

Matthew Arbuckle's and Jules Levy's Courtois cornets.

Besson Cornets and Trumpets

Boston Cornets

Adolphe Sax Cornet

Heckel Trumpet in F

Courtois Orchestral Trumpet in G

Brown & Sons Orchestral Trumpet in F

Conn Cornets

Courtois Cornets

Distin Cornets and Alto

Instruments by Isaac Fiske

Cornets by Heald and Hutchins

"Conic Acoustic Cornet" by George McFadden

"Open Tone Cornet" by Z. Albert Meredith

Circular Pocket Cornet by Metzler & Co.

Howard Reynolds' Schuster & Co. Cornet

Echo Cornet by Adalbert Riedl

Instruments by Leopold Uhlmann