What is Cornett?
{{Infobox instrument | name = Cornett | names = zink, cornetto, cornetto curvo | image = Three cornetts.jpg | image_capt =Mute cornett, curved cornett and tenor cornett | background = | classification = [[Brass instrument|Brass]] | hornbostel_sachs = | hornbostel_sachs_desc = | inventors = | developed = | range = | related = | musicians = | builders = | articles = }} {{distinguish|Cornet}} The '''cornett''' is a [[brass instrument]] from the [[Medieval]], [[Renaissance]], and [[Baroque]] times. It is also called a '''zink''', '''cornetto''', or by its Italian name, ''cornetto curvo''. It is different from the modern [[cornet]], also a brass instrument. It has only one feature shared with the '''cornett'''. ==Other websites== {{commons cat|Cornetts}} * [http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/zink.htm A page about the cornett] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531040715/http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/zink.htm |date=2010-05-31 }} * [http://www.jeremywest.co.uk/cmi/index.html Christopher Monk Instruments] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050403181723/http://www.jeremywest.co.uk/cmi/index.html |date=2005-04-03 }}, one of the more well-known modern makers of cornetts * [http://www.ecse.co.uk/ The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble], a performance group that makes use of the cornett * [http://www.burg-fuersteneck.de/kultur/kurs_2490.htm A possibility to build your own curved cornett] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227234100/http://www.burg-fuersteneck.de/kultur/kurs_2490.htm |date=2008-02-27 }} {{music-stub}} [[Category:Brass instruments]]