This is a shepherds-crook style cornet built by the Chicago-based manufacturer Lyon and Healy, best known for their harps. At this point, a great deal of Lyon and Healy's products were in fact instruments of questionable quality built in Europe, shipped to Chicago and labeled as Lyon and Healys.

The series of the instrument, such as Beau Ideal or Own Make, denoted where the instrument was made, with Beau Ideals being most likely made in France. This instrument also has a removable leadpipe, and would originally have had multiple leadpipes to allow for the different tunings of the time. Its mouthpiece is also heavily engraved, which was less common by the beginning of the 20th century.

Cornet, B-flat

TRADE NAME Beau Ideal (trade name of Lyon & Healy)

DISTRIBUTOR Lyon & Healy

DATE1890-1906 ca.

PLACE MADEFrance, Europe

PLACE DISTRIBUTEDChicago, Illinois, United States, North America

MODELBeau Ideal

SERIAL NO.none

All original very good condition springs and valve sport perfect comes with the original case. I do not have the original mouthpiece.