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| | Al's Tenor Horn Page - Cornet History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | The trumpet saw wide use as an instrument of heraldry, marking announcements, the arrival of dignitaries, and punctuating the pomp and bombast of the royal court. |
 | | Though the trumpet is an instrument in its own right with its own history, it is impossible, when writing a piece on the cornet, not to mention the trumpet, because of the borrowing of ideas during the development of keyed and valved brasswinds. |
 | | The trumpet has a conical bore in the stem of its mouthpiece, is conical again in the mouthpiece receiver, is conical again through several inches of lead-pipe, and then again throughout the entire length of the bell-section. |
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