Cornet upcycled lamp

We were contacted by a customer who had an old cornet, they wanted to keep it as a feature in their home but didn't know what to do with it. 

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The cornet belonged to the customer's grandma who played in the Salvation Army band, the cornet was old and it'd had it's day as a musical instrument but it was sentimental because of the history attached to the customer's family. 

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It was important to keep the integrity of the original musical instrument but ast the same time give it a new useful purpose. 

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We were able to take a 'no damage' approach to upcycling this old cornet into a lamp, we carefully cleaned and dismantled the cornet, installed wiring and a bulb holder mounted in the horn, we hand-carved and constructed a wooden display base to mount the cornet on to, and fixed it in place using brass saddle brackets.  

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The finishing touch was a large LED light bulb which features a treble clef filament. 

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The end result was a beautiful decorative feature lamp that holds many wonderful treasured memories.