Interesting over-the-shoulder cornet from 1850

From the National Music Museum:

“This instrument is one of only two surviving over-the-shoulder cornets featuring three valves and five keys made by E. G. Wright.”

Apparently cornets with both valves and keys were cutting edge at the time because they combined both old and new brass instrument technologies.

Lip-vibrating instruments like the cornet, French horn, and the trumpet are called ‘labrosones.’