Cornet, C, B-flat, A, low pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn, Ltd.
Date1918-1919 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelNew Wonder Vocal Cornet
Serial No.159737
SignedEngraved on bell: NEW / WONDER / C. G. CONN Ltd. / ELKHART / - IND. -MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: 159737 / PATENTED
Stamped on valve stems: 159737
Stamped on quick-change rotary-valve: Bb / C / 1825
Stamped on first valve slide: Bb
Valve casings and stems stamped, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, bell interior gold-plated, single loop, main tuning slide with stop rod for key-change to A (first bow, nuts lost), rotary-valve quick-change from C to B-flat (perpendicular to regular valve loops), fixed leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by U-shaped and T-shaped lugs on spring anchor plate, pistons nickel-plated brass, single water keys (main tuning slide and third-valve slide), windway 3-2-1.
Silver cornet mouthpiece stamped “CONN – WONDER”; additional third-valve slide, presumably not original; additional valve slides for C not preserved.
Identical with Wonder Vocal cornet NMM 7149.
DimensionsHeight: 409 mm
Tube length: 1135 mm, (C), 1298 mm (B-flat)
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slides, valve slides): 9.8 mm, 8.3 mm, 12.3 mm, 11.8 mm (0.465 inches)
Bell diameter: 118 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Rich Ita, Atlanta, Georgia.
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. 107, 145, 280.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07259
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