Conn B-Flat Cornet: Museum Object and Cultural History
Conn B-Flat Cornet: Date made: 1889. user: Anderson, Frank Ervin. maker: C. G. Conn.
The object in the museum catalogue
This cornet was made by C.G. Conn in Elkhart, Indiana in 1889. It is a B-flat cornet, serial #18014, made of silver plated brass with ornate etching on the bell, and has 3 piston valves. This cornet is engraved:
This cornet was made for the Orchestra of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Jackson, Tennessee, and played by the donor’s father.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1889
- user: Anderson, Frank Ervin
- maker: C. G. Conn
- Object Name: cornet
- Physical Description: brass (overall material)
- Physical Description: silver (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in x 5 in x 7 in; 30.48 cm x 12.7 cm x 17.78 cm
- Measurements: cornet: 12 1/16 in x 5 in x 7 3/8 in; 30.63875 cm x 12.7 cm x 18.7325 cm
- Measurements: crook: 1 1/4 in x 4 3/8 in x 4 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 11.1125 cm x 10.795 cm
- Measurements: mouthpiece on leadpipe: 5 in x 1 1/16 in; 12.7 cm x 2.69875 cm
- place made: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
- ID Number: 2000.0020.01
- serial number: 18014
- accession number: 2000.0020
- catalog number: 2000.0020.01
- Credit Line: Gift of Thomas D. Anderson
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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