Straight cornetto
Maker
John R. McCann
Date2004
Place MadeSandy, Utah, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedStamped below thumbhole: JMC (monogram)MarkingsStamped below signature: Ichthys (Christian fish symbol)
DescriptionCurly maple wood, stained brown, turned from one piece; six front fingerholes and one thumbhole.
Separate horn mouthpiece.
This reproduction is a 440 Hz version of higher-pitched straight cornetto no. 662 in the collection of the Musikinstrumentenmuseum, Berlin. The original came from the Wenzelskirche in Naumburg and is likely of German 16th- or 17th-century provenance. No. 662 is preserved with a double reed mouthpiece and has been described as “Rohrzink” (cornetto with reeds). However, the wood of the pirouette, holding the reeds does not match the rest of the instrument. Edward H. Tarr and John McCann have, therefore, suggested that no. 662 was originally designed for a cornetto mouthpiece as a straight cornett.
Shown here at bottom, along with NMM 7342 (top) and NMM 7314 (middle).
DimensionsHeight/tube length: 606 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 10.1 mm, 7 mm
Bell diemeter (internal): 25.4 mm
Thumbhole position (from receiver): 230 mm
Fingerhole positions (from receiver): 262 mm, 303 mm, 345 mm, 398 mm, 441 mm, 495 mm
Hole diameter range: 7-7.5 mm
ProvenanceGift of John R. McCann, Sandy, Utah, 2004.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 2: Ways to Expand the Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2013), pp. 67, 254.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 2004
Object number10737
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1700 ca.
1580-1620 ca.
