Cornet, B-flat, A, high pitch / low pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn
Date1908-1909 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelPerfected Wonderphone (Wonderphone no. 2, small bore)
Serial No.107768
SignedEngraved on bell: THE / WONDER PHONE / C.G. CONN / MAKER / ELKHART, / IND.MarkingsStamped on right side of second valve casing: PAT. APD. FOR.
Stamped on left side of second valve casing: S / 107768 / UNION [above shield] / M. P B / P. L. U (within shield) / LABEL (below shield)
Stamped on valve stems: 107768
Stamped on water key of main tuning slide: 7768
Stamped on water key of quick-change slide: 68
Stamped on valve casings and stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, satin-finish with burnished highlights, bell interior gold-plated, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, two loops on opposite sides of valves, main tuning slide with push rod for low pitch (first bow), quick-change slide to A with push rod and finger piece (second bow), fixed leadpipe, 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, single water keys (tuning slides), windway 3-2-1.
Silver cornet mouthpiece with geometrical engraving and embossing stamped “CONN MODEL / 18 // CONN”.
Silver lyre with detachable lyre holder.
Different from NMM 6833, which otherwise is the same model, the present cornet is equipped with an additional tuning slide (first bow) at the leadpipe side with push rod for low pitch instead of the two alternative tuning slides at the second bow.
DimensionsHeight: 368 mm
Tube length: 1284 mm (B-flat, HP), 1364 mm (A, HP)
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, main tuning slide, quick-change slide, valve slides): 9.8 mm, 8.7 mm, 10–10.7 mm, 10.6–11.1 mm, 10.6 mm (0.419 inches)
Bell diameter: 115 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1986 from Robert Hazen, Washington, D. C.
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. 97-98, 276.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06859
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