Brassmonkey

About 30 years ago a friend gave me an old cornet that needed a little repair work. "It' yours if you want to fix it" I had a couple of minor dents removed, a stuck tuning slide loosened and it was in playing condition again. A couple of years after that I looked it up in a book that had records of the company and according to the serial number, it was made between 1910 - 1911. My question is, has anyone ever heard of the company? I don't know when they went out of business - 40's - 50's?

I have the original mouthpiece but it's way too small for me. I've tried my flugel mouthpiece on it and it seems to play ok. Nice mellow tone. Kind of stuffy though. Is that common for a cornet? Never played one before so I don't know what I'm looking for in that respect.

Being an elementary school music teacher I've used it in recent years for demonstration purposes with the kids. Comes in handy when doing a jazz history lesson about Louis Armstrong and Dixieland Jazz.

If anyone can shed any light on this I would appreciate it. I'll post a pic in a day or so if needed.

Roland St. Gelais