Trent, you may not be aware of this but there was a feature war going on between all of the brass instrument manufacturers in the USA. From the 1880's until 1930. Each fighting for market share. Great strides were made in instrument design and construction.
I've got one that's generations old but it's in good shape, but the lead pipe goes into the 1st valve closest to the mouthpiece. It says Conn on the bell too.
I own this model and its in almost superb condition. The tubbing is slightly different and it has a shepherds crook. More interestingly, it comes with a longer alternate tuning slide. Not sure if this converts it to a sharp horn or what. The engravings on the mouthpiece are an eyefull. Got the case, 2 mouthpieces and a metal mute.
I know this is quite an old posting, but I just bought one of these things on ebay, which IS in playable condition, and I'm excited to see if it's worth a damn.
Trent I have been subscribed to you for a while I am curious, how did you grow your channel, I would like to create videos similar to yours as I also collect instruments and have some rather unique gems lying around. I know you sometimes posted your videos on r/trumpet or someone else did every now and then, but did the growth naturally happen or did you just really advertise your videos on forums to kickstart momentum?
Your movies have two good points for me. First,I can know about brass music instruments.I'd played Trb and Euph but I 'm not good at them. Second,I can learn English from your movie.It is because I'm a Japanese and I cannot speak English much.I want to speak English much. For these points,I watch all of your movies
I doubt you will get to it, as you are a pretty busy guy, but I'd personally love to see that cornet restored enough for what would be considered playable condition. You're really not missing any major parts, some of the parts just need some minor work. Caps and buttons can be found or made that fit the thread size required, and the valve appear to be more corroded than physically damaged, so they can be addressed along with the casings fairly easily assuming there is no major physical damage that has changed the shape of the pistons/ casings. It would not be difficult to restore this instrument if you had the time, or to drop it off to someone else to repair it. It would not be too expensive.
Makes me awfully curious why someone would bother building a cornet in such an unorthodox way. Perhaps a prototype to enhance tone for specific playing styles or music? Just spit-ballin' here. (spit-valvin' ?)
Question : I am a baritone player with a little woodwind experience but I am thinking about taking on the bassoon as well. Will this be a really hard instrument for me to learn
my tactic is looking for typos, I got. a 1906 holton Eb mellophone for $99USD cause they spelt holton as Hilton. Another common one is York's being spelt as Yark, Vark, or least common of the 3 Vork.
The trumpet's tubing is all the same size up to the bell approach. Sharp, almost hard tone. The cornet's tubing gradually gets bigger from the lead pipe on, giving a softer, more creamy tone.
Haha, very funny, but one question about the video; how come you couldn't just play the harmonics, you said the valves were gross and "unusable", but not the instrument itself.
Yep I think he's buying a lot of them from the US, and keep in mind ... I spent many of my formative years on the windward side of the island of Oahu in Hawaii, which is pretty remote from the most of the USA, well, New Zealand is *much much* more remote.
Please resurrect this beautiful freak of musical history.
I'm a sucker for instruments that do something weird. Sad that so few turn out practical, but when they do... Thanks for sharing!
Trent, you may not be aware of this but there was a feature war going on between all of the brass instrument manufacturers in the USA. From the 1880's until 1930. Each fighting for market share. Great strides were made in instrument design and construction.
I've got one that's generations old but it's in good shape, but the lead pipe goes into the 1st valve closest to the mouthpiece. It says Conn on the bell too.
Given that people are virtually spitting into the cornet as
they blow into it, I'm not surprised that a valve could become sickened.
I own this model and its in almost superb condition. The tubbing is slightly different and it has a shepherds crook. More interestingly, it comes with a longer alternate tuning slide. Not sure if this converts it to a sharp horn or what. The engravings on the mouthpiece are an eyefull. Got the case, 2 mouthpieces and a metal mute.
Has no one checked old Conn catalogs for this time period? I suspect they must have included some rationale for constructing it this way.
I know this is quite an old posting, but I just bought one of these things on ebay, which IS in playable condition, and I'm excited to see if it's worth a damn.
I'm a bit curious on what a full restoration of this would cost? In it's current state. I know the worse it is the price could increase exponentially.
Seen them before, fascinating design.
But not the most unusual/unique I've ever seen... the compensating cornets definitely take that prize.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing with us.
Trent I have been subscribed to you for a while I am curious, how did you grow your channel, I would like to create videos similar to yours as I also collect instruments and have some rather unique gems lying around. I know you sometimes posted your videos on r/trumpet or someone else did every now and then, but did the growth naturally happen or did you just really advertise your videos on forums to kickstart momentum?
You should do a series on 110 instruments
That needs to be restored.
If the order of the valves is different, is the fingering different also!
No, the fingering is still the same.
conn made some unique cornets and trumpets in the day one model had extra slides to play in 3 or 4 keys A A flat B flat and C
brokenwrench1 you're talking about the Conn Dupont 4-in-1 Cornet: Eb D C Bb
Hey, what's your thought on the Yamaha Yep-211 marching baritone? My band has two old ones laying around, and I thought they looked cool.
I’ve played a Connqueror in C before. It belonged to my wife’s great grandfather. Very pretty horn, but hard to play.
I've seen a cornet where the lead pipe went into the first valve
Your movies have two good points for me.
First,I can know about brass music instruments.I'd played Trb and Euph but I 'm not good at them.
Second,I can learn English from your movie.It is because I'm a Japanese and I cannot speak English much.I want to speak English much.
For these points,I watch all of your movies
In English we call movies on the internet “Videos” Vid-e-oh is how it’s said
jack Odoyle Thank you.
For not being a native English speaker you are not bad
Appears you got some combination of an American camera and Western lights, causing that shutter problem
I doubt you will get to it, as you are a pretty busy guy, but I'd personally love to see that cornet restored enough for what would be considered playable condition. You're really not missing any major parts, some of the parts just need some minor work. Caps and buttons can be found or made that fit the thread size required, and the valve appear to be more corroded than physically damaged, so they can be addressed along with the casings fairly easily assuming there is no major physical damage that has changed the shape of the pistons/ casings. It would not be difficult to restore this instrument if you had the time, or to drop it off to someone else to repair it. It would not be too expensive.
Makes me awfully curious why someone would bother building a cornet in such an unorthodox way. Perhaps a prototype to enhance tone for specific playing styles or music? Just spit-ballin' here. (spit-valvin' ?)
Question : I am a baritone player with a little woodwind experience but I am thinking about taking on the bassoon as well. Will this be a really hard instrument for me to learn
Well, IF you cannot afford a REAL instrument;) Watch Trents April 1 video if you do not get it;)
AJ Ca I have one my school is going to give me for free
I have a ConnQueror, Need a mouthpiece, What mouthpiece should i get?
Nice trumpet
Ruth Agapov
Cornet experts: THAT'SNOTATRUMPET,IT'SACORNET
Mr. Atomic I'm just joking, my sister plays the Cornet, and I keep saying that it's a trumpet and she gets so mad.
Ruth Agapov I love to piss off cornet players by doing that
Ruth Agapov Then I grab my Trombone and call it a Trumpet and call my Euphonium a Tuba 😂
Ruth Agapov NO
Such as a conn director cornet
the lights are flickering, try recording in 50fps instead of 60fps
How do you find all of these instruments on eBay? I’ve tried searching and I cannot seem to find any of the unique instruments for reasonable prices.
my tactic is looking for typos, I got. a 1906 holton Eb mellophone for $99USD cause they spelt holton as Hilton. Another common one is York's being spelt as Yark, Vark, or least common of the 3 Vork.
Why is it like that
Was that a silver cornet?!! Its turning black nit gray its already dark gray dannggg!!!
2 people are still wondering if mayonnaise is an instrument.
alex carter i play the Eb mayonnaise how dare you
whats the diference between a cornet and a trumpet?
The trumpet's tubing is all the same size up to the bell approach. Sharp, almost hard tone. The cornet's tubing gradually gets bigger from the lead pipe on, giving a softer, more creamy tone.
Runt Agopov its a cornet
Howcome you couldn't just play the harmonic series?
my friend's trumpet has no valve caps (he lost them at football games) and it still works
I play the American style cornet
Do you just go on ebay and search up "1909 Leadpipe to 2nd valve cornet"
Pretty much. The hardest part was choosing which 1909 leadpipe to 2nd valve cornet I was going to buy.
Haha, very funny, but one question about the video; how come you couldn't just play the harmonics, you said the valves were gross and "unusable", but not the instrument itself.
Were the valves stuck in halfway between or otherwise weird positions? Or maybe it's because of the "gross" part
i’m a fan of your work you should try composing your own music please put my comment I am a true American fan
He starts to play at 3:27
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Where did you buy this cornet?
IWasBoredProductions he says in the video it was $25 on ebay
Yep I think he's buying a lot of them from the US, and keep in mind ... I spent many of my formative years on the windward side of the island of Oahu in Hawaii, which is pretty remote from the most of the USA, well, New Zealand is *much much* more remote.
I’ll repair it for you
Really? Could you please get in contact with me via email or on Facebook?
I'm looking for a leadpipe. for my conn queror
Make a new video every day
"kornit"
Fritz The Bisexual Hamilton Nerd why ya say that?
snare drumz 3000 because it's pronounced "cor-net" but its just funnier because Trent's NZ accent
A little clickbaity, are we? 😉
Perhaps, but the title is true; this is the most unique cornet I've seen
Karl XIV Johan how so