Straight cornett

Straight cornett (Fr.: cornet droit; Ger.: gerader Zink; It.: cornetto dritto), cornett with conical bore, made of a single piece of wood, usually boxwood, with rounded exterior (not octagonal, as the curved cornett), and 6 fingerholes. Also known as “white” cornett, owing to the light color of the wood, as opposed to the black leather-covered curved cornett. The Renaissance instr. had a 2-oct. compass, a0–a2, or higher, and was played with the same mouthpiece as the curved cornett. See also…