Trumpet, B-flat, A
Maker
C. G. Conn, Ltd.
Date1931
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelNew Era 56B
Serial No.280478
SignedEngraved on bell: MADE BY / C. G. Conn Ltd / ELKHART – IND. / U.S.A.MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 280478 / PATENTED
Stamped on knob of rotary change valve: Bb / A
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, bell interior gold plated; mother-of-pearl touchpiece inlays
Narrow "peashooter" body
Rotary-valve quick-change to A at bell bow
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves with one lug on piston.
Third valve mechanized trigger ring for automated pull out from B-flat to A.
The third-valve trigger mechanism was patented on May 20, 1930 (US patent no. 1,759,824).
DimensionsHeight: 518 mm
Bell diameter: 107 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.17 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. 184.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number04094
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Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1936 ca.