The cornett (Italian: cornetto, German: Zink) is a lip-reed wind instrument that dates from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods, popular from 1500 to 1650. [10]

The name “cornetto” derives from corno, the horn or ivory from which instruments like the oliphant were made earlier in the Middle Ages. Renaissance cornetti were sometimes made of ivory also, but most …

Cornett, wind instrument sounded by lip vibration against a cup mouthpiece; it was one of the leading wind instruments of the period 1500–1670. It is a leather-covered conical wooden pipe about 24 …

One of the most beautiful wind instrument ever made (in my opinion), its sound encloses a human voice, an oboe and a trombone. Modern masters playing this instrument, for example William Dongois or …

Matthew Manchester explains the cornetto, a musical instrument that flourished from the medieval period to the baroque. The cornetto is the platypus of the music world, with finger-holes like...

The cornetto, also known as a zink, is a lip-vibrated instrument made by adding finger holes and a thumbhole to a signal horn. Its small cup-shaped mouthpiece is like that of a trumpet, but it is usually …

The cornetto is a renaissance and baroque wind instrument. This instrument is usually built of wood but it belongs to the brass family because it is played using a mouthpiece similar to the trumpet (but …

The cornetto is a hybrid instrument with a small trumpet-like mouthpiece and fingerholes like a recorder; it is made in wood and covered in leather (usually - some surviving historical instruments are of ivory).

The cornetto is one of the most well-known and celebrated instruments of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Likely invented in the 1400s, it probably evolved from more primitive animal horn …

Cornetto is the Italian name for the instrument and means “little horn.” The extra “t” has remained in the English spelling to distinguish the cornett from the modern day brass instrument. All cornetts have …