NMM 5872. Clarinet in E-flat by C. G. Conn, Elkhart, Indiana, ca. 1887-1889. Four sections. Engraved on bell:  27 / MADE BY / C. G. CONN / ELKHART / [→] IND [←]. Serial number 27. Wonder model. Double-wall, silver-plated body and ferrules; gold-plated keys and rings. Albert System. 13 keys including "patent c-sharp," 2 rings (1 brille), rod/pillar mounts. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell), 417 mm. Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1998.

Lit.:  Deborah Check Reeves, "Historically Speaking," The Clarinet 37, No. 3 (June 2010): 26-27.

NMM 14507. Clarinet in A by C. G. Conn, Elkhart, ca. 1890. Four sections. Engraved on bell: A / MADE BY / C. G. CONN / ELKHART, / IND. Serial number 354. Wonder model. Double-wall, silver-plated body and ferrules; gold-plated keys and rings. Albert System. 13 keys including "atent c-sharp," 2 rings (1 brille), rod/pillar mounts. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell), 603.5 mm. Mouthpiece: black plastic or hard rubber, unmarked. Gift of Dorothy Lynde, Belmont, Massachusetts, 2010.

NMM 14369. Clarinet in A by C. G. Conn, Elkhart and Worcester, Massachusetts, ca. 1890. Four sections. Engraved on bell: A / MADE [vine with leaves] / [vine with leaves] / BY [←] / C. G. CONN / ELKHART IND / [→] AND [←] / WORCESTER / MAS.S [sic]. Serial number 384. Wonder model. Double-wall, silver-plated body and ferrules; gold-plated keys and rings. Albert System. 13 keys including "patent c-sharp," 2 rings (1 brille), rod/pillar mounts. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell), 606 mm. Mouthpiece: black plastic or hard rubber, stamped: C. G. CONN / ELKHART / INDIANA [all within oval cartouche]. André P. & Kay Marcum Larson Acquisitions Fund, 2009.

Lit.:  Deborah Check Reeves, "Historically Speaking," The Clarinet 37, No. 3 (June 2010): 26-27.

NMM 3061. Clarinet in B-flat by C. G. Conn, Elkhart, ca. 1890. Four sections. Engraved on bell: Bb / 465 / MADE BY / C. G. CONN / ELKHART / IND. Serial number 465. Wonder model. Double-wall, silver-plated body and ferrules; gold-plated keys and rings. Albert System. 13 keys including "patent c-sharp," 2 rings (1 brille), rod/pillar mounts. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell), 571 mm. Mouthpiece: wood (or possibly synthetic), unmarked. W. Wayne Sorensen Collection, 1982.

Lit.:  Deborah Check Reeves, "Historically Speaking," The Clarinet 37, No. 3 (June 2010): 26-27.

NMM 1331. Clarinet in B-flat by C. G. Conn, Elkhart, ca. 1895. Four sections. Engraved on bell: B / MADE BY / [→] C. G. CONN, [←] / ELKHART, / IND. Serial number 1203. Wonder model. Double-wall, nickel-silver-plated body; nickel-silver keys, rings, and ferrules. Albert System. 13 keys including "patent c-sharp," 2 rings (1 brille), rod/pillar mounts. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell), 567 mm. Mouthpiece: ebonite or plastic, stamped: TRADE [eagle holding music lyre] MARK / USA. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.

Lit.:  Deborah Check Reeves, "Historically Speaking," The Clarinet 37, No. 3 (June 2010): 26-27.

NMM 6119. Clarinet in E-flat by C. G. Conn, Elkhart, ca. 1895. Four sections. Engraved on bell: CONN / [→] MAKER / ELKHART / IND. [within outline of a slanting, pot-shaped shield]. Serial number 1299. Wonder model. Double-wall, silver-plated body and ferrules; gold- plated keys and rings. Albert System. 13 keys including "patent c-sharp," 2 rings (1 brille), rod/pillar mounts. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell), 405 mm. Mouthpiece: wood, unmarked. Gift of Alan Bates, Hockessin, Delaware, 1998.

Lit.:  Deborah Check Reeves, "Historically Speaking," The Clarinet 37, No. 3 (June 2010): 26-27.

NMM 3205. Clarinet in E-flat by C. G. Conn, Elkhart, ca. 1895. Four sections. Engraved on bell: MADE / [→] BY [←] / CONN / ELKHART, / [→] IND. [←] [within outline of slanting, pot-shaped shield]. Serial number 1576. Wonder model. Double-wall, gold-plated body; gold-plated keys, rings, and ferrules. Albert System. 13 keys including "patent c-sharp," 2 rings (1 brille), rod/pillar mounts. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell), 407 mm. Mouthpiece: ebonite, unmarked. W. Wayne Sorensen Collection, 1982.

Lit.:  Margaret Downie Banks, Elkhart's Brass Roots: an Exhibition to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of C. G. Conn's Birth and the 120th Anniversary of the Conn Company (Vermillion: The Shrine to Music Museum, 1994), p. 31.

Lit.:  Deborah Check Reeves, "Historically Speaking," The Clarinet 37, No. 3 (June 2010): 26-27.

NMM 14508. Clarinet in B-flat by C. G. Conn, Elkhart, ca. 1895. Four sections. Engraved on bell: C. G. CONN / MAKER / ELKHART, / [→] IND. [←]. Serial number 1888. Wonder model. Double-wall, nickel-silver-plated body; nickel-silver keys, rings, and ferrules. Albert System. 13 keys including "patent c-sharp," 2 rings (1 brille), rod/pillar mounts. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell), 566 mm. Mouthpiece: ebonite or hard rubber, stamped: CONN. Gift of Dorothy Lynde, Belmont, Massachusetts, 2010.