veery715

I have a Conn 18A from post-Elkhart production. Can anyone verify that they continued production of this cornet without the coprion bell?

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screamingmorris

The original ones all had Coprion bells as seen at
The Conn Loyalist

The original ones were *only* made 1954-1960 (which would make them all Elkhart instruments) according to the list at
The Conn Loyalist

I noticed that the Directors that were made starting around 1971 (post Elkhart) had a different tubing construction in which there was a "U" shaped tubing underneath the cornet upon which it could sit, as seen in the 1971 one for sale on ebay at
CONN CORNET - eBay (item 150246647060 end time May-17-08 08:52:54 PDT)

(I know that is a 1971 model in that eBay ad rather than a 1955, because of the shape of that tubing underneath, then the seller emailed me that she had indeed omitted the "P" that appears at the beginning of the serial number.)

Some 1970's Directors I have seen tended to not have anything on them to indicate model, not "Director" or "18A" or anything else, which is extremely frustrating.

If your "18A" is post-Elkhart, I wonder if it has a .484 bore like the original, or if it is one of the even newer ones with a smaller bore?

- Morris