Cornet, B-flat, A
Maker
C. G. Conn
Date1902-1903 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelWonder, medium bore
Serial No.76667
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by leaf motif: THE / WONDER / C. G. Conn / MAKER / ELKHART / INDMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: M / 76667 / PAT. JUNE / 15, 1886
DescriptionBrass body, double loop
Removable leadpipe, main tuning slide at second bow with quick-change to A (ring at slide receivers and finger piece at marking rod missing); third bow passes through third valve slide
Double water key between first and third bow
A few tabs at flaring part of bell
French rim with iron wire insert
Three top-sprung Périnet valves, spring inside hollow stem, two unequal guidepins; sloping porting; touchpieces with mother-of-pearl inlay.
DimensionsHeight: 338 mm
Bell diameter: 122 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. 170.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number03697
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