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Slide cornet, B-flat, A, high pitch

Slide cornet, B-flat, A, high pitch

Date: 1917-1918 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: Wonder 17A
Serial No: 149168
SignedEngraved on the bell: MADE BY / C. G. Conn Ltd. / ELKHART / IND
MarkingsStamped on bell barrel, outer slide and water key: 149168
Stamped on outer slide above serial number: H P
Stamped on bell ferrule: H. P
Stamped on receiver and outer slide: 4
DescriptionBrass; tuning slide at slide bow; water key.

Finish III, high-pitch model.
DimensionsHeight: 515 mm
Tube length: 1298 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 9.9 mm, 8.9
Slide bore diameter: 11.6 mm (0.457 inches)
Bell diameter: 104 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1983 from Marcella A. Largent, Vermilion, Ohio.
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. 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.
Object number: 06880