Bought a '51 Conn 36A Concert Grand. Its Absolute mint. Looks like it was just made. Seller told me a woman's deceased father had it and really took care of it. I got it for $250 plus shipping. I tried to send the guy another $150. He wouldn't take it.

You won't see one like this for any amount. I can't believe its mine!!!

I'm here

If you email me I'll paypal some bucks to you. I am sure others would also.
Al

I have three Committee Cornets..much cheaper than trumpets. I gave one to my granddaughter, but she has already put a dent in it and does not oil the valves properly.

I think she would rather play trumpet anyhow..so I bought her a used conn on ebay for $ 175 and taking the Committee back :).

There is a girl in 11th grade in a nearby school who is in County,District, State, and eastern U.S. band. She wants to borrow one for a solo "Fantaisis Brillante" next month. (Obviously its intended for Cornet). If it turns out that she really loves the horn, my wife decided at the end of the day we will give her the horn. Hopefully it will help take her places.

I plan on making videos of my old horns. I will explain the horn and give a brief demo on the horn. This is my 1910 Conn Perfected Wonder:[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr0j0pXvgSQ[/url]
I don't rehearse them..lol

I am doing it also my 2 grand children. One plays trumpet the other cornet

@administrator
I didn't the first time. just tried to upload it from my computer. In the last one I did use image.
I see no way to edit post. I won't post for a while..sorry. Probably me.

OK I do see how to edit..Also I guess my file was to big. Got it!!

Salisbury Viaduct-Meyersdale, PA. Around 2000 feeet long. Designed to be double track. Stayed singletrack

Very nice-for a trumpet

Well, I did it. Conn 1947 36A. It might be to "trumpety" for me but my understanding is that Conn managed to make it sound a bit more mellow than the King Master. Can't wait to get it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/283421405752

@fels Funny (not really). I had Mohs surgery on the rear of my scalp for basel cell. I have had two others. So jfar so good. In that location I will be ik.

I wish you well my friend!!

@shifty My 06 is nicely engraved. Very ornate. The Conqueror was discontinued in 1907 (I believe). I believe the Perfected Wonder and the Wonderphone eclipsed it.

I have 2 extremely well kept Perfected Wonders and a very very nice Wonderphone. the Conqueror is a very inferior playing horn compared to these 3. And notice how nice the valves are in the Conqueror. All my old Conns have loose valves.

Just MY experience.

@dale-proctor Sweet!!!!!! Congrats!!!

@flugelgirl I have one. Its unique for sure!! Conn experimented a lot. I think this one will go down as a loser. Never had a horn that played so badly

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@kehaulani said in I found my way back... Sorry, it's been so long!:

I've been battling with some very serious sight issues. Only have about 30% of my vision. at the moment. A spin-off is I can't play because of eye pressure. Can't write 'cause can't see well and no bands to conduct because of Covid. So - next to nothing. Yea it sucketh mightily.

Sorry man

@chelpres Thank you. I looke up that info!!

I have to say, in the last 4 years I have owned and played 30+ cornets..Kings, Conns, Committees, Ambassadors, Yorks, Holtons, Getzens, Bach.

My conclusion:

Four tiers:

I. Superior. My 1982 Bach Strad 184G
II. One notch about Average. My Conn Concert Grand
III. Average. (probably 95% of horns out there( 26+ Horns I owned fall into this catagory. ) Pick any two and you can usually pick out the better player.of the two.
IV, Clearly Inferior. 1890 ish Bo, and 1906 Conn Conqueror.

I have gone back and started Arbans (again) from scratch. It is frankly tedious and more difficult to play a lot of these exercises with all my average horns.

My message. I always felt that if you were good the quality of the horn was not a big factor. Pretty much changed my mind. An up and coming very talented HS student needs a horn like the Strad to advance to the top tier. I thought in HS and College I was "Good". I realize that a great horn could have put me above "good"..certainly not great.

You comeback players should consider forking out the extra $$$'s. You can't take it with you.

@flugelgirl said in Just Purchased a Conn 20A.:

I did one of these a while ago - cool horn but not a great player. Played best with an extra deep short shank mpc.
https://www.brassandwinds.com/blogs/news/1921-conn-20a-flugelhorn

Yea, I know what you mean. I have a Yahama Short Shank MP on it with a medium depth cup.11C4. Doesn't play like my Concert Grand but cool horn..lol.
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@j-jericho Yea the link did not work yea it is this one:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/JvgAAOSw3Zpf1ve5/s-l1600.jpg

I think I am good fore mouthpieces. I use a short shank Yamaha 11C4. I really need to pull the tuning slide an extra inch but it blows so much easier.

Take care!!!

Anyone have one? I swore I would never buy another horn but I couldn't resist it..$300

[img]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/JvgAAOSw3Zpf1ve5/s-l1600.jpg[/img]

@j-jericho said in Special music reading glasses:

@adc Thanks for your encouraging words. I was hoping that I could use them for shooting, also. Tilting my head back to get a clear picture of the front sight is awkward and quite distracting.

I bought these shooting glasses at Amazon. They are +2.5 but can get other strengths. The reading glass covers almost the entire vision area.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B082B75FSZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1