Conn B-Flat Cornet
date: label: date made
content: 1901
name: label: maker
content: C. G. Conn
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet was made by C.G. Conn in Elkhart, Indiana in 1901. It is a B-flat cornet, New York Wonder model serial #67317, made of silver plated brass, and has 3 piston valves. This cornet is accessioned with an original case and mouthpiece. It is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>NEW YORK WONDER<br>MADE<br>BY<br>C.G. CONN<br>ELKHART IND.<br>AND<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 previously owned by the donors’ father, Francis Morton Messick (1908-1969).</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 James Robert Messick and Frederick M. Messick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0290.02
label: accession number
content: 1990.0290
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0290.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cornet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: cornet: 13 3/8 in x 4 7/8 in x 7 3/8 in; 33.9725 cm x 12.3825 cm x 18.7325 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 2 7/8 in x 1 1/16 in; 7.3025 cm x 2.69875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in x 7 in; 34.29 cm x 12.065 cm x 17.78 cm