Conn B-Flat Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1921
name: label: maker
content: C. G. Conn Ltd.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by C.G. Conn, Ltd. In Elkhart, Indiana in 1921. It is a B-flat/A cornet, serial #184644, made of silver plated brass and has 3 Périnet piston valves. This cornet features a patented micro-tuner and slide extenders. This cornet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MADE BY<br>C. G. CONN Ltd.<br>ELKHART<br>IND.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>United States Patent #1240177, September 18, 1917, was awarded to Charles G. Conn for an “Improvement in Cornets,” which consisted of a thumb screw connected to a cornet tuning slide, allowing the player to tune the cornet with a thumb while playing the instrument.</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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0017.14
label: accession number
content: 1985.0017
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0017.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cornet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 5 in x 6 1/2 in; 41.91 cm x 12.7 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 3/4 in x 6 11/16 in x 4 3/4 in; 42.545 cm x 16.98625 cm x 12.065 cm