study888

Hello to All. I just recently won off E-Bay, a Nice (I Hope) 1942 Silver plated 36A Conn Concert Grand Cornet. The #5 Conn precision mouthpiece coming with it, is the long shank model. These 36A Cornets take the Conn precision short shank m.p. I would like to buy a short shank model in very good condition,or trade any of the new or very good condition Cornet pieces, I have for sale on this site. Have some older vintage Trumpet mouthpieces also. I would prefer the Conn precision m.p. in a #5,or #4 or in any other size with the med. rim instead of the wide rim. All of the Conn Precision Short shank/long shank m.p's were made in sizes #1-6 or 1-5 sizes. One with a wide rim,one with a med. rim. Cups and bores and rim sizes remained the same. Any help will be greatly appreciated,sale or trade. Thank you.

Brian H. Smout

Hi,

I regret I can;t help with your unicorn hunt but I would offer a suggestion. Try one of Flip Oakes' vintage cornet mouthpieces. Dead ringer for the Conn short shank with modern technology. Fits my 80A fine. Just a thought.

Cheers,

Brian

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study888

Thanks Brian for this info. Will check his mouthpieces out. I have had a Conn 36A before and used a Stork short shank m.p.,it seemed to work fine. In the Storks,you can get a rim size down to a Bach 7C with deep V cup. Finding a original m.p. will probably be a Unicorn hunt.

study888

Thanks again Brian,I called Mr. Oakes,his short shank mouthpiece is in a Bach 10.5 size with the Bach Mount Vernon 10.5 Bach rim. Which I do like. This may solve my problem. Will still buy or trade for one of the Conn precision short shank mouthpieces if one is offered. Until

Emerson

Sent a PM about older Conn 4 that I have. Trade could be interesting.

study888

Emerson,just the same,send me three pics of your Conn #4 short shank mouthpiece. Would like to see inside rim and cup,throat view, and end of shank. I have four Bach long shank mouthpieces and a Del Staiger #38 cornet mouthpiece. A Conn #4 Trumpet mouthpiece,a Conn EZ tone Trumpet mouthpiece,a long shank #7 Vincent Bach New York Cornet m.p. thats needs replating,still plays. The other Bach sizes in cornet,long shank are a 9B,two 3C,5b, and 1 1/2C. My e-mail address is jyoungjr9@bellsouth.net . As I mentioned on other post,not crazy about a #4 conn rim/cup etc.,but would not hurt to have a original Conn short shank mouthpiece, for this Cornet I have, if I ever decide to resell it. Which may be a long time,these Conn 36A cornets are real nice players. Let me know if you get this message.

study888

Thanks to all,a trade has been made. My Conn #4 Trumpet mouthpiece for a Conn #4 short shank precision cornet mouthpiece. One part of the Unicorn hunt is complete. Now to find a #5 Conn short shank precision Cornet m.p.,and maybe a Conn #5 Trumpet m.p. also. Thanks Steve for this #4 Conn Short shank m.p. The hunt is still on.