Cornet, B-flat, low pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn, Ltd.
Date1952-1953 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model12A Coprion
Serial No.41 [illegible]
SignedEngraved on bell: C. G. CONN LTD. / U.S.A. / ELKHART-IND.MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: 41…
Stamped on leadpipe: 12A
Stamped on valve cases, top valve caps and top of pistons, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass body, copper (Coprion) bell, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop, main tuning slide at second bow, fixed leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, spring attached to bottom valve cap, alignment by key on pin head, long pin anchored to it, and fitting into bearing hole at piston; cork plug holds distance between pin head and piston, Clickless Crysteel pistons, single water keys (first bow, third-valve slide), windway 3-2-1.
This model was produced mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. Developed in 1938, the Coprion bell is an electrolytically formed, one-piece seamless bell. The valves are constructed according to US Patent 1,938,321 from December 5, 1933.
DimensionsHeight: 386 mm
Tube length: 1340 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 9.8 mm, 8.8 mm, 11.6 mm, 11.9 mm (0.468 inches)
Bell diameter: 122 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Robert Hazen, Washington, D. C.
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. 109-111, 282.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06838
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