[Dixielandjazz] "Coronet" ? Yikes!!!

[Craig I. Johnson]

You're absolutely right Jim. That's why I added the 'conical vs. 
cylindrical' comment..
Tried to quote a dictionary to be more official. The essential 
difference between
the 2 words are covered there tho'. Wear one and play the other. I've seen
this error so often that I get picky about it especially when a musician,
fan or news source makes the error.

James O'Briant wrote:

>Craig I. Johnson wrote:
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>>As a cornet player I feel obligated to point 
>>out the definitions of:
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>>Cornet:
>>1. a brass band instrument resembling a trumpet but having a 
>>shorter tube.greater agility and a less brilliant tone 
>>(Webster) 
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>Webster wasn't precise enough.  A cornet and a trumpet pitched in the same
>key will have tubing of the same length.  Now, if he's talking about an
>orchestral C trumpet and a 19th century band Eb cornet, then he's right...
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>>-- and might I add the 2 have a differing rations 
>>of the cylindrical tubing vs. the conical portion.
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>Craig, your addendum pinpoints the principal difference between a cornet and
>a trumpet.  Conical bore vs. Cylindrical bore.
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>Jim O'Briant
>Gilroy, CA
>	Tuba (conical)
>	Trombone (cylindrical
>	Ophicleide (conical)
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