Cornet, B-flat, low pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn, Ltd.
Date1940-1941
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model12A Coprion
Serial No.329545
SignedEngraved on bell: C. G. CONN LTD. / U.S.A. / ELKHART – IND.MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: 329545 / PATENTED
Stamped on leadpipe: 12A
Stamped on valve casings, top valve caps and pistons, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass body, copper (Coprion) bell, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop, main tuning slide at second bow, fixed leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, spring attached to bottom valve cap, alignment by key on pin head, long pin anchored to it, and fitting into bearing hole at piston; cork plug holds distance between pin head and piston, clickless crysteel pistons, single water keys (first bow, third-valve slide), windway 3-2-1
Silver-plated cushion-rim brass mouthpiece stamped “GOLD-TONE // CONN 26”
The valves are constructed according to US Patent 1,938,321 from December 5, 1933.
DimensionsHeight: 387 mm
Tube length: 1331 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 9.9 mm, 8.7 mm, 11.6 mm, 11.9 mm (0.468 inches)
Bell diameter: 119 mm
ProvenancePurchased from James R. Neill, Thomasville, Georgia, 1986.
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. 109-111, 282.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06854
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