Cornet, E-flat, high pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn
Date1883 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelUltimatum Equa Tone
Serial No.7562
SignedEngraved on bell surrounded by tendril decoration: MADE BY / CONN / ELKHART / IND.MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 7562
DescriptionSilver-plated brass body
Telescopic main tuning slide at leadpipe with wing screw; main tubing enters third valve, is guided to first valve via a bridging tube, and exits the second valve into the bell bow.
Very delicate French rim
Single water key at first bow
Three top-sprung Périnet valves, spring outside stem, one lug on piston fitting into groove in valve casing; touchpieces with mother-of-pearl inlay
DimensionsHeight (without shank and mouthpiece): 293 mm
Bell diameter: 120 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.5 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesSabine 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. 171.
Marshall L. Scott, The American Piston Valved Cornets and Trumpets of The Shrine to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 146.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02293
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