Cornet

Cornet (Fr.: cornet, cornet à pistons, piston; Ger.: Kornett, Ventilkornett; It.: cornetta, pistone; Sp.: cornetín), 1. valved brass instr. of medium conical bore, played with a cup mouthpiece, usually built in trumpet form, formerly also in helicon form. The cornet is a descendant of the old coiled *post horn; at the beginning of the 19th c. this was provided with crooks and a tuning slide, and around 1825 it was fitted with 2 valves by Halary (Jean Hilaire Asté) of Paris. The old instr. with…