The cornetto was the single most popular instrument of the renaissance, it can be described as a hybrid of two instruments; the trumpet from which it owes its cup mouthpiece and blowing technique, and the flute from which it takes its wooden body and finger holes. It is this unique combination and playing techniques that gives the cornetto its distinctive vocal quality and its expressive and virtuosic agility. The instrument is curved along its length and is hand carved in two halves and then glued together, this method of construction allows for careful attention to the caving of its complex conical bore.
MADE IN AUSTRALIA
Instruments are all hand carved, made in two halves, glued together, profiled, covered with leather and finished with a long soaking in organic boiled linseed oil …visit my Melbourne workshop
TIMBERS:
cherry
walnut
maple
African padauk
English sycamore
Bolivian rosewood
Mexican purpleheart
LEATHER:
Kangaroo vegetable tanned aniline
colours: black – tan – brown – red
MOUTHPIECES: (sold separately)
buffalo horn
IN STOCK PRICE LIST (AUD):
Cornetto 440Hz $1400
– cherry / tan (kangaroo) leather
– walnut / dark brown (kangaroo) leather
– maple (choice of leather)
Cornetto 415Hz $1450
– cherry / dark brown (goat) leather
Cornetto 466Hz $1350
– cherry / dark brown (kangaroo) leather 
Cornetto ‘Round’ 466Hz special $1250
– cherry / black (goat) leather
Cornetto 492Hz $1300
– walnut / black (kangaroo) leather
Cornettino 440Hz $1200
– cherry / choice of leather
IN PRODUCTION:
Cornettino 440Hz $800 (DEC 2025)
– 3 piece straight in cherry
WAITLISTED:
– Cornetto 523Hz $1250
… plus Mouthpieces $125 each (or $100 with instrument)
… plus shipping: Australia $25 / International estimate $50 – $75
Exchange rates AUD $1400 approx USD 900 / Euro 800 / GBP 700
ORDER:
email with instrument choice / mouthpiece / shipping location
payment options: Bank Transfer or Credit Cards / Apple Pay / Google Pay
email: danny (@) lacompania.com.au
Danny playing his 492Hz
– in rehearsal with his ensemble (recorded on iPhone)