Cornet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn
Date1909
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelPerfected Wonderphone (Wonderphone no. 2, medium bore)
Serial No.110098
SignedEngraved on bell: WONDERPHONE / C. G. CONN / MAKER / ELKHART / IND.MarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: M / 110098 / UNION (above shield) / M. P B / P. I. U (within shield) / LABEL (below shield) / PAT. APD. FOR
Stamped on valve stems: 110098
Stamped on valve casings, stems and largest guide lug, 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 (first bow), quick-change to A slide 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.
Compared with NMM 6833 and NMM 6859, which are essentially the same model, there are some minor changes, namely a straight rather than tilted second valve loop and less knuckled-out intervalve porting.
DimensionsHeight: 368 mm
Tube length: 1340 m, 1420 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, main tuning slide, quick-change slide, valve slides): 9.7 mm, 8.8 mm, 10–11.4 mm, 11.4–11.8 mm, 11.4 mm (0.448 inches)
Bell diameter: 117 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1988.
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 number06922
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