Soprano cornet, originally in E-flat, now in C
Maker
C. G. Conn
Date1897-1898
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Place DistributedNew York, New York, United States
ModelLeaders' New Wonder Model Soprano Cornet
Serial No.62356
SignedEngraved on bell: MADE / BY / C. G. CONN / ELKHART, IND. / & / NEW YORK.MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: PAT. JUNE / 15. 1886
Stamped on second valve casing and each valve spring barrel: 62356
Stamped on valve casings and stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single loop, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe with ligature screw, telescopic C crook not original, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by three unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, nickel-plated brass pistons, single water key at first bow, windway 3-2-1
Same model as 06949, but according to signature sold from C. G. Conn's New York retail store. The original E-flat tuning slide does not survive.
DimensionsHeight: 308 mm
Tube length: 933 mm, 1126 mm
Bore diameter (initial, valve slides): 10.2 mm, 10.61 mm (0.418 inches)
Bore diameter (telescopic tuning-slide crook, initial, minimum): 9.8 mm, 8.9 mm
Bell diameter: 120 mm or 4 3/4 inches
ProvenancePurchased in 1987 from Richard Dundas, Rutland, Vermont.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 4: The Heydey of the Cornet (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2022), pp. 172-73, 289.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06888
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