Cornet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn
Date1907
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelConn-Queror model no. 2 (medium bore)
Serial No.94840
SignedEngraved on bell: THE / CONN-QUEROR / C. G. CONN / MAKER / ELKHART, / IND.MarkingsStamped on right side of second valve casing: PATENTED
Stamped on left side of second valve casing: OUR LABEL / M.P.B. / P. L.U. (within shield/chevron) / FACTORY 34 / M / 94840
Stamped on valve stems: 94840
Stamped on valve casings and stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, satin-finish with burnished highlights, bell interior and water key gold-plated, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, two loops on opposite sides of valves in S-shaped formation, main tuning slide (first bow on right), quick-change to A with patent stop rod (second bow on left, between second and third valves), 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 key (main tuning slide), windway 2-3-1
Conn-Queror model no. 2 with tuning slides on opposite sides of the valve segment (as supposed to the same side in Conn-Queror model no. 1, see 06947). Design based on US patent No. 745,788 filed April 5, 1902, and granted December 1, 1903.
DimensionsHeight: 368 mm
Tube length: 1356 mm, 1442 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, main tuning slide, quick-change slide, valve slides): 9.8 mm, 8.3 mm, 10.1–11.3 mm, 11.5 mm, 11.4 mm (0.45 inches)
Bell diameter: 118 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1983 from Jack Silver, 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. 95,275.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06839
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