At this point, a great deal of Lyon and Healy’s products were in fact instruments of questionable quality built in Europe, shipped to Chicago and labeled as Lyon and Healys. This is a shepherds-crook style cornet built by the Chicago-based manufacturer Lyon and Healy, best known for their harps.

Lyon and healy own make cornet shepherds crook band orchestra history instrument music 1800s 1900s brass chicago Everything is nestled in the original case, which is in good condition. It comes as well with a very good Eclipse mouthpiece, this plays very well I must stress, and I almost pulled it from the kit to keep. I have tried to take many closeup photographs to show the intricate craftsmanship. The instrument features some fine finishing details not found on later models. The cornet is in excellent condition, with good valve compression, and wonderful, full voice. It is pitched in modern Low Pitch, and comes with a Bb and an A lead pipe bit, and additional tuning slide for High Pitch. The seller says that it plays wonderfully, especially with the included mouthpiece, and that it has good valve compression.ĭescription: One of my favourite antique cornets I’ve come across, this little beauty has a wonderful, full voice. The original case handle is missing, but the leather on a 1904 Duplex in our collection is in such a state that such a handle is basically unusable. This instrument is in quite good condition for its age, with no missing parts except possibly the lyre, and a wonderful condition case interior. Interestingly, at this point the serial number also appears to be stamped onto the bell, though by 1904 this was hand-engraved instead. It appears that in 1904 this was phased out in favor of a fixed-length leadpipe, by which time Lyon and Healy’s engravings had also become far more ornate, spreading from the bell to virtually the entire instrument.

Like early “Duplex” cornets, this uses removable leadpipe shanks, with an extra shank to put it into A.

Production ramped up in 1899 after the introduction of the “Duplex” cornet, the company having made less than 100 “Own Make” instruments before its introduction. In 1896, they started producing instruments themselves, with their “Own Make” line of instruments. The Chicago-based Lyon and Healy company is today best known for its harp production, but in the early 1890s they joined the growing trend of instrument companies importing European brass instruments, Lyon and Healy importing many instruments from Paris and other parts of Europe. 1899 Lyon and Healy “Own Make” Bb/A Cornet

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