More cooking with wood, time for a Renaissance Cornetto Chop Suey!
Renaissance Cornett Cobbler I like making things out of wood, 'Early' Music and try to play the cornet so it is natural that I should want to try to make a renaissance cornett. I also think they sound beautiful, like a woody brass instrument? (Listen Here) Lost in translation! I have been unable to find any measured drawings anywhere so I am having to cobble together a design from a book I have. When I was at the Early Music Show, near London, a couple of years ago, I asked a stall holder if there were any plans for making a cornett available. He said that there was a very good book but then asked me "How good is your German?" Having noted down the title, I sent to Germany for the book and when it arrived it was a lovely book and reasonably priced but sadly it confirmed my strong suspicion that my German language knowledge was not good! I have had the book sitting there tormenting me for more than a year now so with the recklessness and cheek worthy of a proper v