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Design-wise, this is very much an example of the long cornet concept that was gaining traction as the trumpet entered the mainstream in US ensembles of the 1920s.  Though it has the classic 720 degrees of curved tubing in the wrap that almost every cornet follows, this design does so with a relatively small loop for the main tuning slide, giving it similar proportions to a modern C trumpet (and indeed, I’d hazard a guess that the C-Bb-A versions, the 4 and 5, achieved C with a main slide that cut off that loop).  It was in York’s “Finish C”, which the 1925 catalog describes as being a frosted silver-plate finish with burnished accents and bell interior, with the bell interior gold-plated.  Interestingly, it only mentions pearl-inlaid finger buttons, though this also has small inlays on each of the valve slide draw knobs (which was fun to handle in the chemflush).

I love early 1900s cornets so I was already was going to be biased towards this, but I even more excited by this one because my personal cornet is a 1921 York Perfec-tone No. 9, which was York’s first foray into the long cornet concept.  It was actually advertised originally as the “Long Model or Trumpet-Cornet”, with the No. 2-5 series apparently taking its place as the most trumpet-like cornet.  While I wasn’t able to try the two side-by-side, the No. 2 was definitely the more trumpet-like of the two, including in terms of what mouthpiece was provided with it.

This is a bit rambling and I don’t really know what else I wanna talk about (partly without revealing those photos of my cleaned-up Perfec-tone), so have some before and detail photos.  Two other fun design things it has can seen in the disassembled photo.  The first is the integrated Bb-A stop system, basically having a little stocking on the lower tube of the Bb-A slide and a screw to clamp down the outer sleeve. The other one is also on the Bb-A slide, being its reverse tuning slide design.  With the upper outer sleeve being the part moving with main slide, the inner slide can be an extension of the tapered leadpipe, allowing for fewer compromises in the overall taper.

Backstory:

Born and raised in London, she was raised in upper middle class in a pretty big house with her older brother and parents, when in nursery she met Mr dickens (or Ebenezer known then) and they became childhood friends and grown up with each other , they never had a relationship tho, mery never felt attracted to men she known that ever since she was in her teen years but ofc she had to keep it a secret, it was taboo and unacceptable back then so ofc she just had to act like she didn't want to date anyone and wasn't into that romance stuff (either way she was teased..) I mean she did date a few guys but all those relationships was short lived (the longest was up to a YEAR) but moving forward she moved to dialtown with Mr dickens with dreams of becoming a journalist she dreamed of being one since she was little since she wanted to be like her idol Marla crown (yk due to how she did journaling n stuff), eventually she got a her dream job! And while she looked she met the love of her life.. Gabby they met in a bar through anthnoy, they got close fast and then.. Got closer and closer and you pretty much get it since she's a selfship for gabby, now she lives on finding new stories and caring for gabby to help with her shop sometimes

Personality:

Sweet, quite bubbily,soft, she's a quite the angel to be around <3

Relationships:

Fun facts about her:

-she MAY or MAY NOT have a crush on Marla (yk how someone would have a celebrity crush n all)

-she like grapes

-her birthday is November 20th

-her and gabby are married!! They were married for 20 years

-she has a chow chow dog named rosey

-the hat she wears is inherited from her mother