Official Cool Cornet Picture Thread

plp · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:57 am Post subject:

Or even better, several dozen.....

Very nice collection, some of the best from the best years. Which one seems to get the most play time, in spite of your best intentions?
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harleyt26 · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:31 am Post subject:

The 36A is my personal favorite.

The 28A gets played the most. It blends better in the community bands I play in. The 6A was pushed to back up.

The 82A is the one my grandson is using to learn on and I use the 80A during those sessions.

The Perfected Wonder and New Creation don't get played often but are great horns. Good tone and very surprising volume.

The 18A was my first horn, purchased used in 64. A sentimental treasure that is still a great sounding horn. The valves are a litle clunky compared to these others. Not worn just a clunkier guide set up.

I also own a 1921 Victor New Wonder cornet that has been with Tom Green for a long time. He is doing some repairs and custom work to it.

Tom Hodges

lh · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:45 am Post subject:

Nice collection of beautiful horns, Tom!

I just purchased a very nice New Invention, but won't see it until I get back stateside to pick it up. Could you elaborate a little more about your experiences with that instrument? And if it came with one of the Conn Artist Signature mouthpieces (Levy, Hutchins, etc...) could you talk a little about that as well? Thanks

Warm regards

Dave
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harleyt26 · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:07 am Post subject:

Hi Dave,
I have not tried any of the signature pieces, I have only used the Conn Wonder 18 and 19 pieces. I like the sound I get with them. It is difficult to experiment with other brands and periods of mouthpieces because of the shank variations. I cannot be sure if the erratic sounds are me not being used to a piece or if it is a bad taper, gap, or other unseen issue. So I stick with what I have found to work.

I had a 1911 New Invention for a while. Some of the after the fire changes were good. Like the straight through the valves tube and the valve material itself were great improvements. But a few were lost. The stop rod on the tuning slide became the more modern design that is still used on almost all horns today, works great but lost a great deal of artistic appearance of the earlier designs. The knurling on the finger buttons and top and bottom caps. The silver finish itself was sort of flatter or duller after the fire. The New Invention is a fantastic playing and looking horn.

the one on the left is the New Invention

New Invention is on the bottom

You will love the horn it plays great! Playabilty improved after the fire. Some cosmetic items were less afterwards. Let me know your bore size. I prefer the small or medium bore. Great for small venues. The large bore is more sought after and with the New Invention it is called the Circus Bore model.

Tom Hodges

lh · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:00 am Post subject:

Hi Tom,

Those are quite a trio of horns. How is the middle one different than the bottom one? My eyes are having problems today!

Here are two photos of the 1913 Conn New Invention Cornet I recently acquired. It is indeed a Circus Bore. I can't wait to see it with my own eyes, let alone play it. Enjoy!

Dave

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lh · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:16 am Post subject:

Oh... I see. That was your 1910 in the middle and the 1911 you no longer have is on the bottom.
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swp · New Member Joined: 12 Jul 2012 Posts: 7

Wow - some great looking pics there - thanks! Sorry I cant enhance the collection so far!
Sean

RandyTX · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:08 am Post subject:

Charlie does his magic once again. Flickr doesn't seem to allow direct linking to the raw images anymore, I'll need to find a different way to do this.

In the meantime, here's the "After" shot...

http://flic.kr/p/cwiwku

And here's the before shot...

http://flic.kr/p/cwiwhj

If you want to know what it is before you go clicking, it's a war-time Olds Super Recording from approx. 1946, as far as I an tell. Complete restoration, plus valve rebuild.

Dale Proctor · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 2:00 pm Post subject:

These will have to qualify as "cool cornet case" pictures. I previously posted pictures of my circa 1907 Besson cornet, but I've just acquired a case for it. The case is a Besson case from the 1880's, at least that's what the seller told me. Although it's not "correct" for the age of my cornet, it is a very nice case, especially considering its age, and it fits the cornet perfectly. I recently dropped my digital camera and messed up the focus on it, so cut me some slack for the picture quality...

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A.N.A.Mendez · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 2:40 pm Post subject:

I LOVE cases, correct for the era is too cool!
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Dale Proctor · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:55 pm Post subject:

Yep, I like any classic (or older) horn to have an original case. This one I found for the Besson is close enough for me. It even has a slot deep enough for a bottle of Hetman's #3 valve oil.

Now I need to come up with an old "coffin case" for my Civil War cornet. I haven't found a decent one to fit it yet, so that's something to keep me busy and out of trouble...
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RandyTX · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:58 pm Post subject:

Well, since a lot of them were made out of pretty basic wood anyway (hence the name I suppose), seems like it might make for an interesting DIY project.

Dale Proctor · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:21 pm Post subject:

delano · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:15 am Post subject:

My 36A (1948):

and my frozen silver 80A (1942):

harleyt26 · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:28 am Post subject:

delano I like your cornets,they look to be in very good condition. With these two horns and a couple of different mouthpieces you have the full range of cornet tone.
I need a couple of silver finger buttons for my 36A. If anyone has some for sale please contact me at harleyt26@yahoo.com
46 80A and 49 36A

Before I got the 80A it was used as a decoration and not played so internally it was pristine. But externally it was never touched.
This is what it looked like when I got it.

RandyTX · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 6:48 am Post subject:

Okay, I got this posted on a site that would allow linking directly into the thread.

Olds Super Recording Cornet

This is how it looked when I bought it.

After Charlie Melk overhauled it, and did a valve refit on it.

delano · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:47 am Post subject:

To harleyt26

For Conn parts try Chris Dankler, seedank@comcast.net

weezintrumpeteer · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:39 pm Post subject:

Here's a few

Both of these are going to be in the classifieds section soon...hint, hint

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weezintrumpeteer · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:51 am Post subject:

Currently lusting after one of these... (Lawler cornet)

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'47 Martin Committee Deluxe #3
Triebert Moderne Flugel