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Cornet, B-flat, A
Cornet, B-flat, A
Cornet, B-flat, A

Cornet, B-flat, A

Date1904 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelConn-Queror 2, small bore
Serial No.84087
SignedEngraved on bell within oval field surounded by engraved tendril decoration: CONN-QUEROR / C. G. Conn / - MAKER - / ELKHART - IND.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 84087 / S / [five-pointed star] / PATENTED
DescriptionClear-lacquered brass body
Fixed leadpipe; main tuning slide at first bow; main tubing enters valve section at second valve on the right; continues into third valve via a push-rod-activated quick-change to A slide on the left, and from the third to the first valve via a bridging tube on the right; main tubing exits first valve on the left into bell bow and bell
Bell seam with a few small tabs at great distance
French rim with iron wire insert
Single water key at main tuning slide

Three top-sprung Périnet valves with spring inside hollow stem; steel pistons; three unequal guidepins, touchpieces with mother-of-pearl inlay

Lyre holder at third-valve slide receiver
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 369 mm
Bell diameter: 124 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 10.6 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. 121.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01705
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