Vintage1954 Conn Victor80ACornetPolished Brass w/ Nickel Trim• • • • • • •A very nice playing 80A cornet with sound characteristicsthat areto be expected of a horn with such a large bore……very broad & oh-so-mellow.
Item is USED
S/N: 428746; circa 1954---> 0.484\" bore & Opera Glass tuning mechanismFinish is polished brass w/ nickel trim & crooks(thelacquer is patchy, so it\'s mostly bare brass).• • • • • • •This nice 1954 Conn 80A Victor cornet is from a transitionalperiod;its style was produced for only a few years, perhaps1953~1955, asthe main body is polished brass with nickeltrim and slide crooks.
This 80A version was produced from the early-to-mid 1950s
(1953~1954). The main difference between this one and the
the 80A versions previous to this is specific nickel trim, etc.,
and perhaps this one is somewhatheavier. This 80A has an
expanding, or dual bore — the top half ofthe main slideis a #2 bore (.468\"), and the bottom half is a#2+1/2 (.484\")!The 80A has the typical \"Opera Glass\"micro-adjusted tuningslide, located at the bell\'s tail. All valvesare corrosion-free,and are smooth & responsive (with a mere drop of valveoil). All slides and water keysfunction properly. The mid-centuryhorns like thisare very solid. The brass is old but appearsto be in good condition.
All-in-all, the horn is in pretty good shape. I found someremnantsof dings/dents havingbeen raised, butI couldn\'tdetect anypast major repairs. A port (knuckle) leadingfrom the 3rd slide into the 3rd valve is themost telling ofthe remnantsremaining of any dents, although it doesn\'tshow in any ofthe pics. Also, the support tube for thethumbnut on themicro-tuningopera glassmechanism hasa couple of minor dingsalso,but that tube is not for anysound and wouldrequirean unsolder then resolderjust togainaccessto theareainorder to raise the dings, and sonothing wasdonetothose. The few that remain on thehorn are minorandshould havenoconsequence to theproduction of qualitysound or tothehorn\'s intonation.
This sale is for the 80A cornet; no case or mouthpiece.• • • • • • •According to the Conn Loyalist website, the Conn cornets
of the period before 1958 would require a SHORT-SHANK
mouthpiece for proper play and intonation,and there
were several manufacturers of the time making them.OFNOTE:A member of the Trumpet Herald Forum with experience onthe80A had somecommentsabout using various mouthpiecestyles with the model 80A…\"The 80A\'s are very mouthpiece-sensitive; the tonechangesgreatlywith mouthpiece style choice. If youuse a deeper cupsuchasa Wick, or one of the variousvintagecornet cups, itgets averyrich, velvety soundto thetone,but loses projection. Put in a regulardeepcup,andtheprojection gets betterandthe tonewillbrightena bit. Put in a Bach C-cup of yourchoice,and youcanhangwith the trumpetsfor brightness. Go to a shallowercupand tight backbore, and youcan geta laser beamsound.\"
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