Conn B-Flat Cornet
date: label: Date made
content: 1889
name: label: user
content: Anderson, Frank Ervin
label: maker
content: C. G. Conn
notes: label: Description
content: <p>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:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>C.G.CONN<br>ELKHART, IND.<br>AND WORCESTER<br>MASS</p>
label: Description
content: <p>and engraved on the bell:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>“D.M.IRVIN.FOR THE USE OF C.P.CHURCH. JACKSON. TENN. 1889.”</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made for the Orchestra of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Jackson, Tennessee, and played by the donor’s father.</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
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content: Religion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Thomas D. Anderson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0020.01
label: serial number
content: 18014
label: accession number
content: 2000.0020
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0020.01
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: 12 in x 5 in x 7 in; 30.48 cm x 12.7 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: cornet: 12 1/16 in x 5 in x 7 3/8 in; 30.63875 cm x 12.7 cm x 18.7325 cm
label: Measurements
content: 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
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece on leadpipe: 5 in x 1 1/16 in; 12.7 cm x 2.69875 cm