Cornett
early wind instrument with a cup mouthpiece
The cornett is a brass instrument from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque times. It is also called a zink, cornetto, or by its Italian name, cornetto curvo. It is different from the modern cornet, also a brass instrument. It has only one feature shared with the cornett.
 Mute cornett, curved cornett and tenor cornett | |
| Other names | zink, cornetto, cornetto curvo |
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| Classification | Brass |
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cornetts.
- A page about the cornett Archived 2010-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
- Christopher Monk Instruments Archived 2005-04-03 at the Wayback Machine, one of the more well-known modern makers of cornetts
- The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, a performance group that makes use of the cornett
- A possibility to build your own curved cornett Archived 2008-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
