[TPIN] Cornet/Trumpet

[Achias1 at mchsi.com]

I'm enjoying the discourse on bore tapers and trumpets/cornets; and now,
although I've been playing and teaching for over 30 years, I have to ask: what
is the difference between a cornet and a trumpet?

My uneducated take:

Cornets have more of a conical-shaped bore versus the trumpet's more cylindrical
bore (although our recent discussion has been proving that wrong). Flugelhorns
have an even more pronounced conical shape resulting in their sound being less
bright than trumpets.

Cornets have an overall smaller bore than trumpets (although my Conn Victor
cornet's bore is larger than most trumpets that I've played).

Cornets have the same tubing length as trumpets but are wrapped around more
times, making them look shorter (except for my Conn Connstellation cornet that
is wrapped just like a trumpet).

So, just what is the real difference between trumpets and cornets?

Dave