Cornet, B-flat, A
Distributor
Conn Kansas City Co.
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
On View
Not on viewPan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1924 ca.
Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1927 ca.
Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1925-1940 ca.
Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1926 ca.
Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1939
Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1928 ca.