They show some plating loss near the bottom, and are described as being particularly sticky. The instrument itself appears to be in good condition and would require minimal restoration to return it to excellent condition, with the exception of the valves. York and Sons Bb-A cornet, either a prototype or a model produced for only a short period. With careful examination, it appears to me that this Buescher design is a near-perfect copy of a J.W. From what I can tell, this is not a franken-horn as I thought may be the case. With this, I returned to comparing this to the J.W. Looking over Buescher’s other cornet offerings listed in their 1911, 1913, and 1918 catalogs unearthed no evidence of Buescher ever offering a cornet of this design. 15 is indeed a cornet, but Buescher’s Grand model, using a different wrap than this example. 15 and to figure out where the “Eb alto” came from found no mention of an Eb alto cornet. However, some research in Buescher catalogs of the period to ensure that this was indeed a No. York and Sons’ Bb-A cornets, which did not seem at all irregular as I first saw this instrument. The wrap of this instrument is quite similar to that of J.W. A glance makes it clear that this is in Bb, not low Eb as an alto cornet would be. Listed by the seller as a “Model 15 Eb Alto Cornet”. A shepherd’s crook cornet that appears, at first glance, to be nothing extraordinary.
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