Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/934
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	cornett
Subject
	423.212
Publisher
	C. W. Monk
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	European
Format
	24 in. length without mouthpiece
0.3 in. bore diameter at mouthpiece end
1 in. bore diameter at bell end

Identifier
	316
Language
	EN
Alternative Title
	treble cornett
	cornetto
	cornet à bouquin
	Zink
Medium
	resin
	metal
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Europe
Provenance
	Grinnell College Music Department
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - conical with 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
	opening fingerholes to reduce space or shorten length of standing wave in air cavity
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	overblowing at consecutive partials
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - changing length of standing wave within cavity with fingerholes and by selecting partials through overblowing
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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