J.W. York Cornet.
This is a J.W. York cornet that I own.
Going by the serial number, it dates from around 1913-1914. That
means it is about 94 years old. It is adjustable from the keys of
Bb to A, and with an additional tuning slide (which I do not have) it
could be put into high, instead of low pitch. I am told they have
an optional leadpipe that puts the horn in the key of C. I play
this horn at all my concerts now, and I do use the origional mouthpiece
(it took a long time to get used to it). I have the origional
case, but it needs some repairs before it will be safe to put the horn
in it for transport, so I use a homemade case instead, which works very
well. I am told that the horn origionally had a gold bell wash,
and gold inlay in the engravings, but these are worn off now.
