These late 18As basically "set the standard" for most Conn cornets to come up into the late 1990s, as the valves/valve casings, threads, braces, 3rd slide rings, and other parts remained mostly the same for a long time. ![]() Conn Director Cornet S Serial Number 24669. The Olds trombones had a separate series of numbers that started in the teens and were higher than those of the trumpets and cornets through the 1930s and 1940s (about 10,000 by 1938). The braces also change to more modern-style ones, instead of the old "telescoping" ones, with Amado water keys becoming standard by 1982-3, possibly changing back during the Henkin-to-UMI/Abilene-to-Eastlake conversion. Conn Director Cornet S Series Of Numbers. Note that the marching men are still in the trapezoid seen in the "semi-floral" bell. The later model 18A is the more familiar version that removes the "semi-floral" pattern and "CONN" below the marching men, and replaces it with "Director / C. A perfect example of these transitional 18A/Bs is an 18B trumpet (serial HE012004) with modern-style (non-telescoping) braces, semi-floral bell pattern, and ordinary water-keys, and Bach-type valves shown below. ![]() Note that the 18A, which first came out in 1980, was essentially a renamed late model 16A-the serial number system, the bell engraving, and leadpipe wrap were the same, with "18A" stamped on the mouthpiece reciever instead of "16A". ^ Conn 16A late style with Olds Ambassador/conventional leadpipe wrap-made from ~1978 ^
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