| The cornet is a conical instrument, meaning that the tubing gradually gets bigger all the way through the horn. A trumpet is basically a cylindrical instrument, meaning that much of the tubing is the same diameter. A cornet gets a more mellow tone than a trumpet.
I'm not sure how switching to a cornet will help the left hand problem. The valve cluster is about the same size, I believe.
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