Conn B-Flat Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1904
name: label: maker
content: C. G. Conn
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by C.G. Conn in Elkhart, Indiana in 1904. It is a B-flat cornet, Conqueror model serial #83389, made of silver plated brass with gold plate inside the bell. This cornet has 3 piston valves that incorporate the equitrilateral valve principle to avoid sharp bends in the air column through the valve sections, which was patented by J. P. Oates in Litchfield, England in 1851. This cornet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>CONQUEROR<br>C. G. CONN<br>MAKER<br>ELKHART - IND.</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 Robert Erickson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.70.25
label: accession number
content: 290484
label: catalog number
content: 70.25
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: 14 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in x 7 in; 36.83 cm x 12.065 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in x 7 3/4 in; 36.83 cm x 12.065 cm x 19.685 cm