Cornets

Lehnert 1860s Rotary Valve Cornet

Philadelphia, Penn
United States

German Silver

Engraved above the bell: Lehnert

Henry (Heinrich) G. Lehnert, Phil 1860's Cornet with three string rotary valves. Henry Lehnert arrived in Boston with his brother Carl, from Saxony, Germany around 1860. According to "The New Langwill Index," he worked for either E.G. Wright or for Graves & Co., before joining Freemantle to establish the 'Henry Lehnert & Co.,' and moved to Philadelphia. By 1866 he partnered with B.F. Richardson as "Richardson & Lehnert." According to Farrar, Lehnert vies with Isaac Fiske for innovative pre-eminence among earlier American BI makers. (pg. 231)

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Catalog#: HWMC

Waterhouse, William. "The New Langwill Index." London: Tony Bingham. ISBN: 0-946113-04-1

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