Extremely rare Eb (high pitch)

　　cornet by Isaac Fiske of Worcester, Massachusetts. The cornet is silver-plated

　　brass with three-piston (top) action string-operated rotary valves. The silver

　　plating is in excellent condition. All slides, valves, valve caps, and pistons

　　move freely. There is a patch on the first valve upper tube, a patch on the lead

　　pipe, and one on the third valve bottom tube. The German silver mouthpiece is

　　not original to the cornet, and there is no case. The cornet plays beautifully.

　　This is a wonderful example of an extremely rare cornet by an important

　　American maker. 

　　The cornet is engraved:

　　ISAAC FISKE

　　MAKER

　　WORCESTER MASS

　　PATENTED

　　OCT. 30. 1866

　　NOV. 12.  1867

　　FEB. 11. 1868

　　SEP.23 /73

　　Isaac Fiske (1)

　　established his firm in 1842 in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1887, Fiske retired

　　and sold his company to G.C. Conn.