Name of Instrument: corneto in G

Maker / Brand: L. Franciolini shop

Stearns Catalog #: 0829

Country of Origin: Florence, Italy

Region of Origin: Europe

Instrument Category: Aerophone

Date of Fabrication: late 19th-C.

Location: AER P 2

Description: This instrument comes to the Stearns Collection from a highly questionable source--Leopoldo Franciolini. Many Franciolini instruments are forgeries or interesting hybrids of original instruments and scrap wood. In this case, we have a fraudulent Cornetto in G that is made of leather-covered pine with a boxwood and ivory ferrule. It is an S-shaped round tube with six finger holes.

Research: Prof. James M. Borders