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:
Custom:
cherry
walnut
maple
English sycamore
Exotics:
Bolivian rosewood
African padauk
Australian:
Tasmanian Myrtle
Tasmanian Blackwood
LEATHER: Kangaroo vegetable tanned aniline leather
Custom colours: black – brown – tan – red
PRICE LIST (AUD):
Cornetto 440Hz $1400
Cornetto 466Hz $1350
Cornetto 492Hz $1300
Cornetto 523Hz $1250
Cornettino 440Hz $1200
Tenor Cornetto 440Hz $1800
… plus Mouthpieces $100 each
Exchange rates AUD $1400 approx USD 950 / Euro 875 / GBP 750
email: danny (@) lacompania.com.au
Danny playing his 492Hz
– in rehearsal with his ensemble (recorded on iPhone)