Cornet, C, B-flat, A, high pitch / low pitch

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Cornet, C, B-flat, A, high pitch / low pitch

Maker C. G. Conn, Ltd.

Date1915 ca.

Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America

ModelNew Wonder Vocal Cornet

Serial No.146665

SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by floral engraving: NEW-WONDER / MODEL / C. G. Conn Ltd. / ELKHART – IND.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 146665 / PATENTED
Stamped on quick-change rotor: 733 / C Bb
Stamped on first and third valve B-flat slides: Bb
Stamped on longer rotary valve quick-change slide: LP. / Bb

DescriptionThis instrument is among the vey first made after C. G. Conn sold his business to Carl Greenleaf, who named the business C. G. Conn, Ltd.

Silver-plated brass body, gold plating at flaring part of bell exterior, bell interior, ferrules, touchpieces, and valve caps
Fixed leadpipe, single loop, main tuning slide with push-rod-operated quick-change to A (push-rod missing) at first bow; main tubing entering the valve section at the third valve; rotary-valve quick-change from C to B-flat following valve section and arranged vertically.
French rim with iron wire insert
Single water keys at main tuning slide and third valve slide

Three tower-sprung Périnet valves, two guidepins of unequal width and thickness, mother-of-pearl touchpiece inlays

Lyre holder at third valve slide receiver
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 410 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.7 mm
Bell diameter: 116 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. 117.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number01682

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