Cornet, B-flat, A

Maker Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.

Date1941 ca.

Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America

Model56A

Serial No.153609

SignedEngraved on bell: ELKHART IND. / U.S.A. [within circle encompassing a globe showing North and South America] / Pan American
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 153609
DescriptionBrass, laquered; mother-of-pearl touchpiece inlays
Fixed leadpipe
Main tuning slide with push-rod-activated quick-change to A slide at first bow.
Second (high pitch/low pitch) tuning slide at small second bow following valve section (on the left).
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves with one lug on piston.
DimensionsHeight: 394 mm
Bell diameter: 118 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesMarshall L. Scott, The American Piston Valved Cornets and Trumpets of The Shrine to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 126.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number01712

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