How to care for your Cornet/Trumpet

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Instructional pamphlet from the Chicago Musical Instrument Company titled "How to care for your Cornet/Trumpet." The pamphlet consists of two (2) long, narrow pieces of paper folded in half and stapled. The first page has a pink background and features a white graphic of a trumpet with white, gray, and black polka dots coming out of the bell. The shadow of a cornet is atop the trumpet. White text reads: [CHICAGO MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COMPANY / How to care / for your / Cornet/Trumpet]. The booklet includes diagrams of a cornet & trumpet, care instructions, and a fingering chart.

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