I have a couple of tasty dishes at my table. The first, a 1990's Bach 184G large bore short cornet, flavored with a gold brass bell and served up with a Bach 6 mouthpiece. A very tasty combo I use in brass band, church, and occasionally in quintet. Nice for a solo piece, too. The other is an 1870's Henry Lehnert side-action rotary valve cornet. Solid nickel-silver, with "Allen" valves, heavily engraved bell. Played with a variety of cornet mouthpieces to suit the venue. Used exclusively in the mid-19th century period brass band I play in.
I play cornet about 70% of the time, and drag out that "vulgar" trumpet only when I am required to do so.
