Curved cornett

Curved cornett (Fr.: cornet courbe; Ger.: krummer Zink; It.: corno torto, cornetto curvo; Sp.: corneta tuerta), cornett in form of an obtuse S, as opposed to the *straight cornett, made of a section of wood split lengthwise, hollowed out, and glued together, with conical bore and octagonal exterior, covered with black leather and hence also known as the “black cornett.” A Bohemian 16th-c. illustration shows a curved cornett with trunco-conical bell, an unusual feature; It. cornetti occasionally…