Antique Musical Instruments/FRANK holton cornet

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Expert: - 12/17/2006


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I have a 1917 frank holton cornet that is two tone brass and silver complete with original case and extra slides.good condition and in working order. Can you tell about it and if it has a value. thank you

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Well, it would be speculation without actually seeing it, but I suspect you have a cornet that was designed so it could be configured to play in either hi pitch or (what is now modern) low pitch.  

These are sold regularly on ebay, so to get a value I'd suggest you watch for something similar in ebay auctions.  

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Please note: My area is BRASS instruments, not other wind, string or percussion instruments. I will provide information on antique, obscure and out of production BRASS instruments. 1) Please don't ask for evaluations, I'll not provide them on this site. 2) I am often asked very similar questions, so I'd invite you to first check on Horn-u-Copia.net. Much of the information I have garnered about this topic, I have posted on this WEB site.

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