Cornet, B-flat, low pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn
Date1891
Place MadeWorcester, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelWonder 2
Serial No.25145
SignedEngraved on bell: MADE / BY / C. G. CONN / ELKHART, IND / & / WORCESTER / MASS (partly covered by an engraved leaf)MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: PAT. JUNE / 15. 1886
Stamped on second valve casing and all three valve stems: 25145
Stamped on valve casings, stems and largest guide lug, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass with some silver plating, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop, tuning slide at second bow (finger and thumb piece removed), originally removable leadpipe now fixed (leadpipe to bell brace not original), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by three unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, pistons nickel-plated brass, double water key (first and third bows), windway 3-2-1.
Silver-plated brass cornet mouthpiece with geometrical engravings, stamped “WONDER MODEL / 19 // CONN”.
Although altered and modernized, the original model of this instrument can still be identified as the Wonder # 2 model, later also called “New York Wonder Model” (see NMM 7258). The patent stamped on the second valve refers to US patent no. 343,888 for continuous airflow.
DimensionsHeight: 324 mm
Tube length: 1335 mm (not original)
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 9.4 mm, 9.1 mm, 11.5 mm, 11.5 mm (0.453 inches)
Bell diameter: 125 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985, Miami, Florida.
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. 90-91, 274.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06835
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