Classification Wind
Brass
Aerophone | Developed 19th century | |
 | ||
Hornbostel–Sachs classification 423.231
(Valved aerophone sounded by lip movement featuring a conical bore) | ||
The soprano cornet is a brass musical instrument. Very similar to the standard B♭ cornet, it too is a transposing instrument, but pitched higher, in E♭.
A single soprano cornet is usually seen in brass bands and silver bands and can often be found playing lead or descant parts in ensembles.
References
Soprano cornet Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA