Cornet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn, Ltd.
Date1936 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelVictor 80A
Serial No.269084
SignedEngraved on bell surrounded by an unfurling ribbon: MADE BY / C. G. Conn Ltd. / ElKHART – IND. / U.S.A.MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve: 269084 / PATENTED [sideways]
Stamped on mouthpiece receiver: 80A
DescriptionSilver-plated brass body, satin finish, bell interior originally gold-plated (now mostly worn off), single loop
Fixed leadpipe, main tuning slide at first bow with push-rod-activated quick-change to A; second tuning slide with micro-tuning-device after valve section
French rim with iron wire insert
Single water key at the main tuning slide and the third valve slide
Three top-sprung Périnet valves, spring inside hollow stem; two unequal lugs for piston alignment in grooves inside valve casing; knuckled-out porting, touchpieces with mother-of-pearl inlay; holders for rods (now lost) used to automate necessary pull out of first and third valve slides for quick-change from B-flat to A.
Lyre holder at main tuning slide receiver
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 421 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. 144.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02032
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