Vintage Conn 80A Cornet
This is a great example of a Vintage Conn 80A Cornet. In Bb with an articulated change to A mechanism where the movement of the main slide also adjusts all three valve slides for a very fast change. This cornet plays well in both keys and all valves and slides move freely.
- Very good condition
- “Victor” model made in 1928
- Bb/A with articulated change mechanism
- Large bore
- “Opera glass” micro tuning mechanism
- Includes the original case in useable but poor cosmetic condition
- Silver plated – bright and frosted.
Charles Gerard Conn was the patriarch of musical instrument manufacturing in Elkhart, Indiana. In 1873, following a brawl in a bar which resulted in a split lip, C.G. Conn developed a brass mouthpiece with a rubber rim. Conn converted an old sewing machine to a lathe and set-up a shop building these mouthpieces. In 1875, a French instrument maker named Dupont began repairing instruments in Conn’s shop. After watching him work for a few days, Conn believed he could build his own instrument. In that same year, Colonel Conn would build the first American made cornet.
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