Cornet, B-flat, A
Maker
C. G. Conn
Date1904-1905 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelConn-Queror 1, medium bore
Serial No.82341
SignedEngraved on bell within oval, surrounded by scrolling design: THE / CONN-QUEROR / C. G. Conn / - MAKER - / ELKHART / - IND. -MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 82341 / M / PATENTED
DescriptionSilver-plated brass body, bell interior gold plated
Fixed leadpipe; main tuning slide at first bow; main tubing entering valve section at second valve on the right; continuing into third valve via a push-rod-activated quick-change to A slide on the left, and from the third to the first valve via a bridging tube on the right; main tubing exits first valve on the left into bell bow and bell
Bell seam with a few small tabs at great distance
French rim with iron wire insert
Single water key at main tuning slide
Three top-sprung Périnet valves with spring inside hollow stem; three unequal quidepins, touchpieces with mother-of-pearl inlay
Lyre holder at third-valve slide receiver
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 368 mm
Bell diameter: 124 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.4 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. 182-183.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number04093
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Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1928 ca.
