Trumpet, B-flat
Maker
C. G. Conn, Ltd.
Date1929 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model4B Symphony
Serial No.265461
SignedEngraved on bell: MADE BY / C. G. Conn Ltd. / ELKHART – IND. / U.S.A.MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 265461 / PATENTED
Stamped on valve spring barrels: 265461
DescriptionBrass with copper-colored lacquer; touchpieces with mother-of-pearl inlay.
Main tuning slide with adjustable push-rod (one holder and push-rod missing)
Three tower-spring Périnet valves with two unequal guide pins each
Third valve trigger with pull ring
DimensionsHeight: 470 mm
Bell diameter: 117 mm
ProvenanceArne 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. 130.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01742
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Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1927 ca.
