Cornet, B-flat, high pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn
Date1885
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelUltimatum
Serial No.6367
SignedEngraved on bell: MADE BY / C. G. CONN / ELKHART / IND Engraved alongside back of bell: Presenté Ephrem Mandeville par ses Amis de Mannville R. J. 13 Oct. 1885. ("Presented to Ephrem Mandeville by his friends from Mannville, Rhode Island, October 13, 1885")
Engraved faintly alongside bell bow, close to ferrule: Gardner Engr.
MarkingsStamped on second valve casing and all valve stems: 6367
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver- and gold-plated brass, foil-backed glass “jewels” at knobs and water-key pivots, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, unusual double loop, main tuning slide between third and second valve, removable leadpipe (shank), 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, single water key (first bow and main tuning slide), windway 1-3-2
Original gold-plated tuning shank with inlaid glass jewels, faintly engraved “BI”
The Ultimatum model is based on a variation of U.S. patent no. 261,082 from July 11, 1882.
Signed by James H. Gardner, Conn's first master engraver. The presentation inscription refers to Ephrem Mandeville (1864-1931) of French-Canadian descent, a mill worker, overseer and foreman at the Manville cotton mill near Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
DimensionsHeight: 309 mm
Tube length: 1223 mm, 1302 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 12.3 mm, 9.5 mm, 11.6–11.2 mm, 10.6–11.6 mm (0.418–0.455 inches)
Bore diameter (shank, initial, minimum): 9.4 mm, 9.2 mm
Bell diameter: 122 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1994.
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. 87-88, 273.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07105
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