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Cornet, B-flat, A
Distributor: C. G. Conn, Ltd.
Date: 1938 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: 50A (also known as the #2 Pan American "Stadium" model)
Serial No: none can be seen
SignedEngraved on bell below eagle head with wings spread out: PAN AMERICAN / Elkhart, IND. U.S.A.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
DescriptionBrass body with gold-brass lacquer
Fixed leadpipe; push-rod-activated quick-change to A at first bow and small second tuning slide at small loop following valve section
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves
Fixed leadpipe; push-rod-activated quick-change to A at first bow and small second tuning slide at small loop following valve section
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves
DimensionsHeight: 418 mm
Bell diameter: 115 mm
Bell diameter: 115 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
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. 116.
Sabine 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. 163.
Sabine 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. 163.
Object number: 01680