a three-valved brass instrument of the trumpet family. Written range: about two and a half octaves upwards from E below middle C. It is a transposing instrument in B flat or A
another name for cornet (sense 1)
cornet-à-pistons in American English
(kɔrˈnɛtəˈpɪstənz; French kɔʀneɪapisˈtɔ̃̃)
nounWord forms: pluralcorˈnets-à-ˈpistons (kɔrˈnɛtsəˈpɪstənz; French kɔʀneɪzapistɔ̃̃)