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The American history and encyclopedia of music .., 1908
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1arpeggios, etc., can be given with ease, and the cornet is a good melody instrument.
3CORNET A BOUQUIN — Cup Mouthpiece. Europe. The French name for zinken. See zinken.
5CORNET-TROMPE — Cup Mouthpiece. Europe. This name was given by Sax to a hand horn which he invented. It was so shaped as to fit the body of the player, and was designed for portability, the tubing being coiled about the middle, greatly reducing the size. See hand horn.
7CORNETTO CURVO — Cup Mouthpiece. Europe. Larger sized zinken with detachable mouthpiece. See zinken.
9CORNETTO DIRITTO — Cup Mouthpiece. Europe. A small sized zinken, straight, and with mouthpiece detachable. See zinken.
11CORNETTO MUTO — Name signifying a soft toned cornet. It was a small sized zinken, consisting of a straight tube with a non-detachable mouthpiece.
13CORNETTO TORTO, CORNO TORTO — Cup Mouthpiece. Europe. Larger sized zinken with "S" shaped tube. Predecessor of the serpent. See serpent.
15CORNICYLL — See pibgorn.
17CORNODI BASSETTO — See basset horn.
19CORNODI TORTO — See cornetto torto.
21CORNONEAN — Cup Mouthpiece. Europe. The name given to the earliest form of valved instruments, now called cornets.
23CORNU — Cup Mouthpiece. Roman and Etruscan. The cornu was curved in a semicircle, and may be termed a bronze bugle. It is hardly distinguishable from the buccina, and without a doubt the names were interchangeable among the ancient writers. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art there is a copy of one of Etruscan origin which is displayed at the British Museum. Its pitch is D flat, about a minor third above that of the present infantry bugle. The cornu was held under the performer's arm, the broad end upwards over his shoulder.
25COR OMNITONIQUE — Cup Mouthpiece. Europe. The name means diatonic orchestral horn. One of the many
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