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Slide cornet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Maker: C. G. Conn, Ltd.
Date: 1920-1921 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: Wonder 16A
Serial No: 173455
SignedEngraved on the bell: MADE BY / C. G. CONN Ltd. / ELKHART / IND.
MarkingsStamped on bell barrel and on water key: 173455
Stamped on bell barrel above serial number and on bell ferrule: LP
Stamped on receiver and outer slide: 6
Stamped on bell barrel above serial number and on bell ferrule: LP
Stamped on receiver and outer slide: 6
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, tuning slide at slide bow; bell engraved with seven-petal flower and lavish foliage, extending below and above the signature up to the bell brace.
16 A Wonder, Finish II, low-pitch model.
Slide cornets were used for special glissando and novelty effects in vaudeville and jazz orchestras. The definition as slide cornet, rather than slide trumpet, results from the use of a cornet-size mouthpiece and receiver.
16 A Wonder, Finish II, low-pitch model.
Slide cornets were used for special glissando and novelty effects in vaudeville and jazz orchestras. The definition as slide cornet, rather than slide trumpet, results from the use of a cornet-size mouthpiece and receiver.
DimensionsHeight: 530 mm
Tube length: 1343 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 10 mm, 9.5 mm
Slide bore diameter: 11.6 mm (0.457 inches)
Bell diameter: 103 mm
Tube length: 1343 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 10 mm, 9.5 mm
Slide bore diameter: 11.6 mm (0.457 inches)
Bell diameter: 103 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1983 from Chidgey and Son, San Diego, California.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 2: Ways to Expand the Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2013), pp. 40–41. 250.
Sabine K. Klaus, "Slide cornet in 4½-foot B-flat by C. G. Conn Ltd., Elkhart, Indiana, USA, 1920/21, model 16A," International Trumpet Guild Journal, January 2015, p. 56.
Sabine K. Klaus, "Slide cornet in 4½-foot B-flat by C. G. Conn Ltd., Elkhart, Indiana, USA, 1920/21, model 16A," International Trumpet Guild Journal, January 2015, p. 56.
Object number: 06879