Curved cornettino
Date1580-1620 ca.
Place MadeGermany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionLowest note with all tone holes closed: e1.
One-piece ivory, turned horn ferrules; curved to the right; octagonal, upper part with smoothly carved diamonds with alternating straight sections; internally stepped receiver; six fingerholes and a thumbhole, all undercut with signs of heavy use.
Ivory mouthpiece reproduction by John McCann.
This cornettino is a fifth, rather than a fourth above the regular curved cornetto, and was therefore possibly made in the sixteenth century, when this size was common. The horn ferrules may be an indication that it was made in Nuremberg, where this material was frequently used by the Wilruf- und Horndreher (Hunting whistle and horn turners).
DimensionsHeight: 419 mm
Tube length: 420 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 9.5 mm, 9 mm
Bell diameter (internal): 25 mm
Thumbhole position (from receiver): 154 mm
Fingerhole position (from receiver): 180 mm, 212 mm, 241 mm, 277 mm, 308 mm, 337 mm
Hole diameter range: 6.8-9.8 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from Günther Schalk, Hohenfels, Germany, who bought it at the Sauter antique shop, Konstanz, Germany, in 1971.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. "Zinkenbau und Zinkenspiel in Süddeutschland: Von der Freien Reichsstadt Nürnberg bis zum Königreich Württemberg," in: Christian Philipsen and Monika Lustig (eds.), Zink: Geschichte, Instrumente, Bauweise. Michaelsteiner Konferenzberichte 79 (Augsburg: Wißner-Verlag, 2015), pp. 25-27.
Klaus, S. K. 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. 80-83, 253.
Oleskiewicz, Mary. "The Rise of Italian Chamber Music," in: George B. Stauffer (ed.), The World of Baroque Music: New Perspectives (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006), p. 50, and plate 9.
Klaus, S.K. "Zwei Elfenbein-Zinken aus Süddeutschland?" in: Christian Ahrens and Gregor Klinke (eds.), Zur Geschichte von Cornetto und Clarine (Munich: Katzbichler, 2001), pp. 35-50.
Klaus, S. K. "Persistent 'Detective Work' Sheds new Light on two Precious Ivory Cornetti in the Utley Collection," America’s Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 28, no. 1 (February 2001), pp. 4-5.
Löwe-Hampp, Gabriele (ed.). Kunst & Krempel II (Munich and Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1999), pp. 148-149.
Larson, André P. "Recent Acquisitions," America’s Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 26, no. 3 (August 1999), p. 6.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06200
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1600 ca.
1600 ca.
