Almost underslung tuning slide designs

In the 1940s, various companies introduced a cornet model with an "underslung" tuning slide design, where the main tuning slide wrapped around the valve block:

By the standards of this website, the above design is not considered "odd", as Conn, Reynolds, King (H. N. White), Olds, and other companies all had a model like that.

Therefore, this section will cover designs that had the tuning slide double back on itself before entering the valve block:

Let's start with Conn:

Type: Cornet

Brand: Conn

Maker: Yamaha

Model: Director

Model №: 19A [brass bell] & 21A [copper bell]

Where made: Japan

Dates of manufacture: 1971 [approx.]

Note that this horn was made by Yamaha for Conn, but the design was credited to Renold Schilke. This wrap was apparently a creative way to be able to use one valve block for both trumpets and cornets.

Note that the tuning slide doubles back on itself, then enters the 3rd valve, all on the right-hand side of the cornet.

^ 19A on left, 21A on right

Later, the model was changed slightly, with different engraving, valves, and place of manufacture:

Type: Cornet

Brand: Conn

Maker: C. G. Conn, Ltd.

Model: Director [only named so in print references]

Model №: 16A [brass bell only]

Where made: Abilene, TX, U. S. A.

Dates of manufacture: 1973 - 1977 [this specific design]

In about 1977, Conn changed the 16A design to an ordinary-looking cornet.

Besides Conn, B&S in Germany [possibly East Germany for this cornet] used the design:

Type: Cornet

Brand: B&S

Maker: B&S [today JA Musik - Vogtländische Musikinstrumentenfabrik GmbH]

Model: ?

Model №: ?

Where made: probably Markneukirchen or Klingenthal, [East] Germany

Dates of manufacture: [mid-20th century?]

Excepting the shepherd's crook, this horn bears a definite resemblance to the Schilke-designed Conns, although I do not know if there are any connections between either designer.

Interestingly enough, this underslung-tuning-slide configuration can also be found in a model of Willson cornet, and Willson produced Conn's 24A "Switzerland" flugelhorn.

Type: Cornet

Brand: Willson

Maker: Kurath-Willson Brass

Model: ?

Model №: ?

Where made: Flums, Switzerland

Dates of manufacture: 1960s-1990s?

This design also appears here:

Type: Cornet

Brand: Holton

Maker: Frank Holton & Co.

Model: New Proportion

Model №: [likely none]

Where made: Chicago, IL, U. S. A.

Dates of manufacture: 1914 [this specific horn]

Besides the shepherd's crook, the one main difference between this and the previously mentioned cornets is that the tubing going into the third valve extends more than the other designs.

Type: Cornet

Brand: Vito

Maker: Courtois?

Model: ?

Model №: [likely none, but serial is 6928]

Where made: [Paris?] France [on valve block; bell says Kenosha, Wis.]

Dates of manufacture: ?

Like most other [non-Holton] Leblanc brasses, this cornet is probably a French Courtois stencil, reaffirmed by the stamp on the valve block. The bell, however, gives Kenosha, Wisconsin as the location [although this is where Leblanc was headquartered].

Even Chinese manufacturers use this design:

Type: Cornet

Brand: Berkeley, Jessy, and others

Maker: Tianjin Jessy Musical Instrument Co., Ltd.

Model: Jessy OEM

Model №: JCRC-110

Where made: Tianjin, China

Dates of manufacture: 2000s

Today, this design is still available with a slight modification:

Type: Cornet

Brand: Getzen

Maker: Getzen

Model: Eterna

Model №: 800

Where made: Elkhorn, WI, U. S. A.

Dates of manufacture: 2000s

Notice that the tuning slide doubles back underneath itself instead of beside itself (as in the aforementioned models). This uniquer design is also used on the Blessing B141 Artist cornet. The horns listed below follow the Schilke/Holton/B&S design trend.

Those are cornets that use this basic design. Some pocket trumpets use it as well:

Type: Pocket trumpet

Brand: Calicchio

Maker: Domenick Calicchio

Model: Pocket

Model №: [likely none]

Where made: Los Angeles, CA

Dates of manufacture: 1969 [this specific horn]