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  • n  a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

  • In California, Cornetist Louis Armstrong ("world's greatest Negro cornet player") was sentenced to jail for 30 days for taking poison when caught smoking a "reefer.
  • It was his idea to play a cornet for the testthe cornet he had given to young Alton.
  • The teacher soon moved him to drums, then to alto sax, bugle and cornet.
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