Cornet, B-flat, A
Maker
C. G. Conn
Date1903 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelWonder, small bore
Serial No.77140
SignedEngraved in oval surrounded by engraved plume ornaments: THE / WONDER / C. G. Conn / MAKER / ELKHART / - IND. -MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3Stamped on second valve casing: S / 77140 / PAT. JUNE / 15. 1886DescriptionSilver-plated brass body, bell interior gold plated, double loop
Originally removable, now fixed leadpipe, main tuning slide at second bow with quick-change to A with marking rod (incomplete, thumb piece missing); third bow passes through third valve slide
Double water key for first and third bow
French rim with iron wire insert
Three top-sprung Périnet valves, spring inside hollow stem, two unequal guidepins; sloping intervalve porting; touchpieces with mother-of-pearl inlayDimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 330 mm
Bell diameter: 122 mmProvenanceArne 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. 132.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01744
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