C.G. Conn B-Flat/A Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1898
name: label: maker
content: C. G. Conn
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by C. G. Conn in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1898. It is a B-flat/A cornet, serial #51787, made of silver plated brass with gold highlights, and has 3 Périnet piston valves with mother-of-pearl buttons and sculpted guides on the quick change slide. The bell of the cornet is ornately engraved with a floral design. The cornet is accessioned with a period wooden case covered with black leather and lined with purple plush, and accessories. This cornet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MADE<br>BY<br>CONN<br>WORCESTER<br>MASS.</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: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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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: 1985.0017.07
label: accession number
content: 1985.0017
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0017.07
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 6 1/2 in; 33.02 cm x 12.7 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: cornet: 13 in x 7 3/8 in x 5 in; 33.02 cm x 18.7325 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 2 3/8 in x 1 1/16 in; 6.0325 cm x 2.69875 cm