A cornet is a brass instrument similar to a trumpet, but with a condensed shape and mellower tone.It is usually tuned to B♭, but a soprano cornet is tuned to E♭. The cornet is used across musical genres such as brass bands, concert bands, orchestral and jazz.
Other Brass Instrument, Historical and Reference Resources - Items and articles on this site. See also: Second Hand and Vintage Instruments.
Bands of the Pan-American Exposition - (Frank Cipolla)
Bell Engravings pictures of rare, old & new, euphonium & baritone bell engravings
Brass and Military Music Research - Dr. Friedrich Anzenberger
The Brass Players Museum - Antique Brass Musical Instruments - now open in Springfield, MA. Please contact David Neill, [email protected] with details of any instruments.
The Concert Band - information, hints, guidance etc.
Concert Programmes - Database providing descriptions of concert programme collections held by leading libraries, archives and museums in the UK and Ireland
Cornet Compendium - The History and Development of the Nineteenth-Century Cornet
Cornet Connection - collection of cornets, trumpets, flugelhorns, and a few other things
The Early Music Shop (Bradford & London)
Early wind instruments - with an excellent collection of early tuba photos
Elements of Brass Instrument Construction - National Music Museum
Flugelhorn Ancient & Modern by Stan Lippeatt
Folklife Museum of Trentino - Brass bands and musical instruments
The French Connection - Origin and Early Days of Périnet-Valved Bb Cornet Design, by Niles Eldredge
Galpin Society - for the history of musical instruments
Graham Fine Antique Brass Instruments - California, USA
History of JW Pepper's - US music publisher and instrument maker/supplier
History of the Wind Band - by Dr. Stephen L. Rhodes
Horn Collector - Eric Totman's Vintage Valved Horns Collection
Horn Supremacy - all about brass instruments
Horn-u-copia - dedicated to collecting information on obscure, antique, and out of production brass instruments
The Impact Of Band Music In The 20th Century - by John R. Davis