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Cornet, B-flat, A
Maker: C. G. Conn
Date: 1904-1905 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: Conn-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
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
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
Bell diameter: 124 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.4 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. 182-183.
Object number: 04093