c. 1880 Conn Clear Bore Vocal Cornet GL-025_A1-25

cornet

Jul 16

Written By Zoe Larson

Title: Cornet

Maker: C. G. Conn

Model: Clear Bore Vocal

Date: c. 1880

Geography: Elkhart, Indiana, United States

Material: Brass

Serial Number: 1732

Accession Number: GL-025_A1-25

Provenance: Founding Greenleaf Donation from Conn Museum, 1969

Description

Key: B-flat (also A and C with appropriate shanks)

Pitch: High

Finish: Silver-plated, burnished. Bell interior, valve caps, ferrules, finger buttons, water key, and engraving is gold-plated and burnished.

Lacquer: TBD

Engraving: Elaborate and intricate design, including geometric designs, flowers, leaves, and a cross within a sixteen-pointed star. Engraving also includes “MADE BY / C. G. CONN / ELKHART, IND” within a circular band, and “Pat. Jan. 22nd 1878 (in cursive)” near front of bell rim.

Mouthpiece: Conn “Bode Model #26” mouthpiece

Accessories: TBD

Case: No

Notes:

Designed to play in C, B-flat, and A with appropriate shanks and adjustments. The short shank currently in the horn is marked B-flat. To put it in C, remove ladder slide. To put it in A, it needs a longer lead pipe shank that is not with the instrument.
Tunes using first, second, and third slides.
“Bumps” compensate for adjustments in tuning.
Featured in “Elkhart's Brass Roots” exhibition of 1994 (item #4).