Cornet, B-flat, A, high pitch / low pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn
Date1910 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelPerfected Wonder
Serial No.115402
SignedEngraved on bell: THE / PERFECTED / WONDER / C. G. CONN / MAKER / ELKHART / IND.MarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: 115402 / M / PA[T]. APRIL / 2. 1907
Stamped on valve stems: 115402
Stamped on water key of main tuning slide: 02
Stamped on valve casings, stems and largest guide lug, respectively: 1, 2, 3
Engraved on quick-change stop rod (by former user): a
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, satin finish with burnished highlights, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop in S-shaped formation, main tuning slide at first bow (alternatives for high/low pitch), quick-change to A with push rod at second bow, fixed leadpipe, 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 keys (main tuning slide, third valve slide), windway 3-2-1
Two main tuning slides for high pitch and low pitch.
Gilded silver mouthpiece stamped “WONDER MODEL / 19 // CONN” with geometric engravings
Silver-plated straight mute stamped “C. G. CONN MAKER”
Silver lyre
The patent stamp on the second valve casing refers to US patent no. 848,726 granted to Charles G. Conn on April 2, 1907. This patent deals with an improved windway “… to cause no additional return-bends in either position of the plunger [piston]…”
DimensionsHeight: 367 mm
Tube length: 1244 mm (B-flat, HP), 1305 mm (B-flat, LP), 1324 mm (A, HP)
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, main tuning slide, quick-change slide, valve slides): 9.7 mm, 8.7 mm, 9.9–11.1 mm, 11–11.7 mm, 11.6 mm (0.457 inches)
Bell diameter: 120 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from an unknown source, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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. 99-100, 276.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06832
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