cornett
noun
variants
or cornetto
or less commonly cornet
plural cornetts or cornettos also cornets
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: a usually treble wind instrument used especially for church choral music of the 16th and 17th centuries with a cup mouthpiece, a straight or slightly curved tapering leather-covered wooden or ivory body with no flare, and seven finger holes
called also zink, zinke
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“Cornett.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cornett. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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