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Cornet, B-flat, A

Cornet, B-flat, A

Maker: C. G. Conn
Date: 1903 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: Wonder, 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 3
Stamped on second valve casing: S / 77140 / PAT. JUNE / 15. 1886
DescriptionSilver-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 inlay
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 330 mm
Bell diameter: 122 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. 132.
Object number: 01744