Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/3200
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	cornet à pistons 
Subject
	423.232.11-4
Publisher
	Couturier
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Date
	c. 1850
Type
	European
Format
	13 in. length
Identifier
	6156
Source
	Western Europe
Language
	EN
Coverage
	France
Alternative Title
	cornopean
	cornet
	Posthorn mit Ventile
Medium
	metal - sheet
	metal
	spring - spiral
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Europe
Provenance
	Vetter collection
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - conical with flaring open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	lip reed (player’s lips) placed over cup mouthpiece at end of tube
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	incremental lengthening with valve mechanism of air cavity in which the standing wave is active
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	overblowing at consecutive partials
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple - changing length of standing wave by adding tube length with valves or slide and by selecting partials through overblowing
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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