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Cornet, B-flat, A, high pitch / low pitch
Maker: C. G. Conn
Date: 1912 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Serial No: 126406
SignedEngraved on bell within circle with dots: MADE BY / C. G. CONN / ELKHART / IND.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: L / 126406 / UNION / MPBP / B & SW [within shield] / LABEL / PATENTED
Stamped on second valve casing: L / 126406 / UNION / MPBP / B & SW [within shield] / LABEL / PATENTED
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, mother-of-pearl touchpiece inlays
Fixed leadpipe, trumpet-shape body
Main tuning slide with insert slide; quick-change to A with pushrod
Three tower-spring Périnet valves with two wide guides each.
This unknown model seems to have been built as narrow-receiver cornet and as wide-receiver trumpet.
Fixed leadpipe, trumpet-shape body
Main tuning slide with insert slide; quick-change to A with pushrod
Three tower-spring Périnet valves with two wide guides each.
This unknown model seems to have been built as narrow-receiver cornet and as wide-receiver trumpet.
DimensionsHeight: 465 mm
Bell diameter: 116 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 12.19 mm
Bell diameter: 116 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 12.19 mm
ProvenanceOriginally purchased by James B. Ouren, Hanska, Minnesota, 1912
Arne B, Larson purchased it, ca. 1944
Arne B. Larson sold to Roger Telkamp (sp?), Brookings, ca. 1944-1948
Arne B. Larson traded Roger Telkamp for it again, ca.1949.
Arne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979
Arne B, Larson purchased it, ca. 1944
Arne B. Larson sold to Roger Telkamp (sp?), Brookings, ca. 1944-1948
Arne B. Larson traded Roger Telkamp for it again, ca.1949.
Arne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesMarshall L. Scott, The American piston Valved Cornets and Trumpets in the Shrine
to Music Museum, DMA Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 86
to Music Museum, DMA Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 86
Object number: 00583