Cornet, B-flat, A
Maker
C. G. Conn, Ltd.
Date1941
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelVictor 80A
Serial No.339129
SignedEngraved on bell: C. G. CONN LTD. / U.S.A. / ELKHART-IND.MarkingsStamped on the mouthpiece receiver: 80A
Stamped on 2nd valve casing: PATENTED / 339129
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on micro-tuning slide: 2
Serial number also stamped on top of pistons.
Valve numbers also stamped on piston top caps and top of pistons.
Stamped on piston guide: PAT. PEN'G.
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, gold-plated bell interior, mother-of-pearl touchpieces. Three bottom sprung "Clickless Crysteel" piston valves. Quick-change tuning slide with push rod trigger. Micro-tuning slide with micrometer wheel for fine tuning ("opera-glass" tuning device). Two single water keys on quick-change slide and 3rd valve slide. One finger hook on leadpipe. Lyre holder on lower branch receiver of quick-change slide. Large bore. Art deco themed style engraving on the bell tube, with stylized geometrical patterns, that extends from the flare up to the 1st valve casing. Features US Patents no. 1,240,177 (1917) and no. 1,938,321 (1933).
DimensionsTotal bell to bow length: 418mm
Bell diameter: 117mm
Tube length: 1358mm
Bore at mouthpiece receiver: 9.9mm
Bore at quick-change tuning slide entrance: 11.5mm
Bore at quick-change tuning slide exit: 12mm
Bore at slides: 12mm
Bore at micro-tuning slide: 12mm
ProvenanceCornet belonged to donor's father, Merrill Edwin Graves (b. 1923, Bristol, SD), who probably received it during high school (Egan, SD, ca. 1941), and used it throughout his life.
Cornet was donated by Marilyn Graves Kimple, Spartanburg, South Carolina, on April 2024.
Credit LineGift of Marilyn Graves Kimple, Judith Graves Schuster, and Sharon Elaine Graves, 2024
Object number15777
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