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Bell reads " CONICAL BORE / PAT D / E A Couturier Co. Ltd / -MAKERS- / LA PORTE / -IND- "
Courtier was a well known soloist at the turn of the century, though not well recorded. He first worked with Holton on the "Couturier Model", then with York, and in 1916 he and others opened their own business, "E. A. Couturier Co., Ltd.," with the intention of building instruments using his continuous conical bore patent. This cornet uses a minimum of cylindrical tubing. There are three different tuning slides, each to be used when necessary to remove the longer slides needed for high/low pitch, for example. The valve tubing has no slides at all, with the performer expected to make the adjustments required when performing by lipping up or down with the deep mouthpiece . An A valve is provided, but again, there are no adjustments that can be used on any of the horn. The firm was bought by Lyon & Healy in 1923, and ended production in 1929.
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