The tube arrangement of this cornet is identical with the four-valve instruments by Isaac Fiske (NMM 6884) and E. G. Wright (NMM 7073), as well as with the three-valve instrument by Slater & Martin (NMM 6830). Whereas the pitch change from B-flat to A on those cornets is achieved either by engaging the fourth valve or by exchanging the main tuning slide, the Hall & Quinby cornet requires changing the tuning shank that goes into the leadpipe. A similar instrument in C and B-flat is listed as "orchestra shape" in a catalog (ca. 1879) by David C. Hall.
Body: German-silver with double-looped parallel tubing: leadpipe (shank or crook required); conical first bow; main tuning slide; third bow; valve segment; conical bell bow and bellpipe in one integral part to the right of leadpipe; French rim.
Valves: Three side-action, string-operated rotary valves. Spiral-spring return mechanism; reciprocal driver pivot in the shape of a figure 8, with cork buffers stopped by two pins. Internal slide tubing. Windway: third, second, first valve.
Accessories: Wooden case with red cloth interior. Two tuning shanks for B-flat and A. Silver mouthpiece.
Sounding length: 1291 mm (B-flat), 1367 (A); internal diameter, leadpipe: 11.1 mm; bore diameter (inner valve slides) 10.9 mm; bell diameter: 124 mm.
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