As for the instruments I own, “the one” is my 1962 Conn 9A Victor cornet. I looked for a nice one of these for years and finally found one. Beautiful sound, easy upper register, a powerful instrument. Huge .484” bore, Coprion bell and leadpipe, was made only a couple years.
@GeorgeB said in What is this Conn? Should I purchase?:
Whatever model it is, to me it looks like a WW1 relic...
Here’s the nice one I recently sold. A 1929 model, sold it locally for $350. The buyer said he planned on offering me less, but after seeing It and playing it, he paid me the full price. 
My guess is also that it’s a 22B. There are other Conn trumpets from that era that look the same and have different bore sizes, but the 22B is far more common than the others. I’ve had 3 of them, two from the ‘20s like that one, and one from the ‘60s. The ‘25 was my favorite, but was really ugly. The ‘29 was very pretty, but didn’t play quite as well, and the ‘68 was raw brass and was a much brighter trumpet. If you’re interested in it, $100 isn’t too much of a risk to take.
@Shifty
Family coat of arms from across the pond.
Poor old Bob Pixley. Reaching for those grapes that were too high. I notice a “Banned banner” next to someone’s name now, though, and Bob’s not coming back either.
That’s a sad situation all the way around.
