Architecture of the Giant Cornet

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The Cornet

Built:	1984
Designed by:	David Addickes
Maximum Height:	14 feet
Maximum Width:	26 feet
Type:	Monument
Location:	2211 The Strand

The people of southeast Texas were lucky to get this Addickes work back.

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It was created for the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans, but ended up on Galveston island at a jazz club called "Trumpets." The musically-inclined will notice that it's not actually a trumpet, but a cornet. Most others won't notice, or care -- simply delighting in the scale of this sculpture is enough.

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