But the cornet player was so worried about other musicians stealing his ideas that he turned down the offer.
After that, the sound of the cornet rang out from the rooftop of the school building every day after school.
He was born into a brass band family and was taught to play the cornet at the age of four by his father.
The cornet is shorter than the trumpet.
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Despite a tough stage to Courchevel, in which the peloton will tackle the Cornet de Roselend climb that ended Miguel Indurain's reign in 1996, the Alps stages look less gruelling with two valley finishes, in Briancon and Digne.
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In my new novel "Tiger Rag, " Charles "Buddy" Bolden (a fictionalized version of the jazz pioneer) plays the trumpet's precursor, the cornet, which I describe on page two: the carefully calibrated valves, the mouthpiece, the bell triple-silver-plated on the outside, gold-plated on the inside, the finger pieces of inlaid pearl.
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Parents may supplement a child's education with extra services a tutor, a week at lacrosse camp, a second-hand car, a new silver trumpet rather than the borrowed cornet, glottal with generations of spit.
Baltacha will face Anastasia Rodionova in the next round after the Australian beat Alize Cornet 2-6 6-3 7-5, and the Briton will be looking for revenge after losing to her in the final round of US Open qualifying last year.
In second round action Tuesday, Serena Williams needed exactly one hour to reach the quarterfinals with a crushing 6-2 6-2 win over France's Alize Cornet in the night session.
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Bolden treasured his top-of-the-line Conn cornet, which he could afford at his peak.
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Alize Cornet ended the hopes of 19-year-old American Lauren Davis, who was allowed into the main draw when second seed Victoria Azarenka pulled out due to ongoing ankle problems.
In Austria, Belgian second seed Yanina Wickmayer will play France's No. 2 Alize Cornet in Sunday's final of the Bad Gastein tournament.
Venus Williams took advantage of Cornet's double-fault to end the first set.
Another Frenchwoman, Alize Cornet, stands between her and a place in the semifinals and a 13th straight win on the hard courts of the Farum Arena.
She blew an easy overhead to lose the first game of her final set, then swept the last six games thanks to relentless baseline play that wore Cornet down.
Williams beat Alize Cornet 6-3, 6-3 in the match preceding the Djokovic-Harrison encounter at Rod Laver Arena, which will be the likely venue for her big matchup Friday against Sharapova.
The next day, when my brother rushed to the band office as soon as his classes were over, he received a cornet, not a trumpet.
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The 2000 doubles winner's third round opponent is French 15th seed Alize Cornet, who subdued a vociferous home crowd in outclassing China's Peng Shuai 6-2 6-2.
Williams, whose last grand slam title came at Wimbledon in 2008, booked her place in the third round with a comfortable 6-3 6-3 win over Alize Cornet on Rod Laver Arena.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands defeated Alize Cornet 7-6 (9-7) 7-5 for her first singles win in the women's teams tournament, while Melanie Oudin beat debutant Pauline Parmentier 6-4 6-4 in the second rubber.
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