Conn B-Flat/A Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1896
name: label: maker
content: C. G. Conn
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by C.G. Conn in Elkhart, Indiana in 1896. It is a B-flat/A cornet, serial #36954, made of silver plated brass with gold plate inside the bell, and has 3 piston valves. This cornet has a rare engraving with both "Elkhart" and "New York":</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MADE<br>BY<br>C. G. CONN<br>ELKHART, IND.<br>NEW YORK</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The second valve on the cornet is stamped “PAT. JUNE [/] 15, 1886” which refers to United States Patent #343888 granted to Charles G. Conn for “Improvements in Cornets, and other Piston-Valve Musical Instruments.”</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was used by the donor’s father, John Grason Steffey (1867-1931), as an amateur musician in the Williamsport area of Maryland.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Cornets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Jane Steffey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0002.01
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0002.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0002
label: patent number
content: 343888
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cornet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 5 in x 7 in; 33.02 cm x 12.7 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: cornet: 13 in x 5 in x 7 11/16 in; 33.02 cm x 12.7 cm x 19.52625 cm
label: Measurements
content: mute: 4 5/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 11.7475 cm x 6.985 cm