Cornet, B-flat, A

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

Date1927 ca.

Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America

ModelLiberty

Serial No.P60742

SignedEngraved on bell: LIBERTY / C. K. C. CO. / 1011 MCGEE STREET / KANSAS CITY / - M.O. - / U.S.A.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: P60742
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, bell interior gold-plated
Fixed leadpipe, single-loop trumpet-shaped body; main tuning slide at first bow; rotary-valve-switch quick-change to A (stamped Bb and A)
French rim with iron wire insert
Single water key at main tuning slide

Three tower-sprung Périnet valves with disk with one guidepin; mother-of-pearl touchpiece inlay

Lyre holder at third valve slide receiver
DimensionsHeight: 465 mm
Bell diameter: 116 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 10.5 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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), p. 247.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number01735

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