Cornet, B-flat, high pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn
Date1897 ca.
Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelNew York Wonder
Serial No.61025
SignedEngraved on bell: MADE BY / C G CONN / ELKHART IND / NEW YORK / NEW YORK WONDERMarkingsStamped on second valve casing: 0 ½ / 61025 / PAT. JUNE / 15. 1886
Stamped on all three valve stems: 61025
Stamped on valve casings, stems and largest lug, respectively: 1, 2, 3DescriptionSilver-plated brass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop, tuning slide at second bow with thumb- and finger-piece (inner slides shortened and low-pitch option eliminated), removable leadpipe (shank), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by three unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, pistons nickel-plated brass, double water key (first and third bows), windway 3-2-1.Silver-plated brass tuning shank for B-flat.
The main characteristic of the New York Wonder Model is that the third bow passes through the third valve loop, inspired by Antoine Courtois’ Arban model. The patent stamp on the second valve refers to US patent 343,888, although in this model the design is slighty altered with the second and first valves not being curved but straight.
DimensionsHeight: 336 mm
Tube length: 1197 mm, 1275 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.2 mm, 8.7 mm, 10.5 mm, 10.8 mm (0.425 inches)
Bore diameter (shank): 8.8 mm
Bell diameter: 123 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Rich Ita, Atlanta, Georgia.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 4: The Heydey of the Cornet (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2022), pp. 92-93, 274.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07258
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