Gift Shop Books Only a few copies remain available for purchase! Description Autographed copy of 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 by Margaret Downie Banks, Curator of Musical Instruments National Music Museum 1994 Original limited edition of 1,500 copies 78-page, soft-cover exhibition catalog (8-1/2" x 11"), lavishly illustrated with detailed photographs of more than 50 highly engraved musical instruments from the collections of the NMM, the Interlochen Arts Academy (Interlochen, Michigan), and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), exhibited at the NMM and The Midwest Museum of American Art (Elkhart), February-July 1994. Autographed by the author. Text includes two interpretive essays: "Elkhart's Brass Roots:  A Brief History of the Conn Company (1874-1994)" "On the Cutting Edge:  A Survey of Conn Company Engravers and Their Art" Musical instruments featured include:   * Oldest surviving Conn instrument:  Four-in-One cornet by Conn and Dupont, 1876 * Two more Four-in-One cornets, ca. 1876-1877 * Two Vocal model cornets, ca. 1880 * Trombone with modified Stoelzel valves, ca. 1880 * Helicon, ca. 1878 * Jewelled cornet, ca. 1883 * Patrick Gilmore's Wonder model cornet, ca. 1886 * Innes model trombone, 1888 * Wonder Leader's model cornet, ca. 1890 * Wonder Solo model cornet, ca. 1888 * Wonder Solo model cornet, ca. 1897 * Artists' model trombone, ca. 1876-1897 * Wonder model double-wall clarinet, ca. 1895 * Metal shell orchestra drum, ca. 1904-1915 * Howe Wonder model flute, ca. 1894-1895 * New Invention model flute, ca. 1915 * New York Wonder model cornet, ca. 1897 * Theodor Hoch's echo horn, ca. 1897 * Wonder model soprano saxophone, ca. 1901-1902 * Conn-Queror Vocal model cornet, ca. 1902 * Conn-Queror model cornet, ca. 1905 * New Invention Parlor model cornet, ca. 1912-1913 * New Invention Circus Bore model cornet, ca. 1911-1912 * Wonder model mellophone, ca. 1904 * Victor New Wonder model cornet, ca. 1918 * Victor model cornet, 1923 * Victor model 6A cornet, ca. 1930 * New Era model 58B trumpet, ca. 1929 * Wonder model tenor saxophone, ca. 1916 * New Wonder model soprano saxophone in C, ca. 1921-1922 * New Wonder model soprano saxophone in B-flat, ca. 1919 * New Wonder model 18M soprano saxophone, ca. 1926 * New Wonder model 18M soprano saxophone, ca. 1929 * New Wonder model 24M mezzo-soprano saxophone, ca. 1928 * 22M Conn-O-Sax, ca. 1929 * New Wonder model 6M alto saxophone, ca. 1925 * New Wonder model C-melody saxophone, ca. 1921 * New Wonder model 10M tenor saxophone, ca. 1927 * New Wonder model baritone saxophone, ca. 1916 * New Wonder model 14M bass saxophone, ca. 1929 * New Wonder model contrabass sarrusophone, ca. 1921-1922 * 50th anniversary commemorative sousaphone bell, 1924 * Artist model 2H trombone, ca. 1926 * New Wonder Artist model 4H trombone, ca. 1929 * Frisco Artist model 18H trombone, ca. 1926 * New Wonder Ballroom model 40H trombone, ca. 1927 * Wonderphone model 60I double-bell euphonium, 1936 * Connqueror model 48A cornet, ca. 1942 * Victor model 4B bass trumpet, 1967 * Connstellation model 38B trumpet, ca. 1956 * Director model 15B trumpet, serial number 1,000,000, made in 1963 and more…   Only a few copies remain available for purchase! Order #80:  $65.00 Return to Books Return to Gift Shop National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD 57069 ©National Music Museum, 2007 Most recent update: October 18, 2007 You are the 618th visitor to this page since February 14, 2007. The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page