Has anyone played a curved cornetti? (cornetto?)
I am thinking of building (carving) one to use for street performance.
I have the skills and I have the plans from a book,"The amateur wind instrument maker".
I thought of making a straight one, as I would only have to construct a reamer for the bore,
but a curved one would give me a bizzare, baroque novelty factor.
Curved ones require splitting the wood, and carving out the bore using a series of half round guages describing the taper.
What I lack is the precise location and diameter of the finger holes.
I wonder if a regular trumpet mouthpiece would be good to use?
Will I have to play out the side of my mouth like the old wood cuts show?
The Renaissance Cornetto