Scholarly Articles and References
Scholarly Articles
McCann, John. "Snakes, Trees and Flames: A Discussion of Venetian Curved Cornett Decorations", Historic Brass Journal, Vol. 1, 1988, pp. 101-107.
McCann, John. "The Cornettino in Italy?", The Early Brass Journal, No. 4, July, 1988, pp. 1-2.
McCann, John. "A Cornett Odessy", Historic Brass Society Journal, Vol. 3, 1991, pp. 33-42.
McCann, John, "The Cornett: A Maker's Perspective", Historic Brass Society Newsletter, Issue 4, Summer, 1992, pp. 15-16.
McCann, John, "Crotalis I: Serpens in Desertis", Historic Brass Society Newsletter, Issue 5, Summer, 1993, pp. 2-3. (An article on construction of a rattlesnake shaped curved cornett).
Mathews, William and McCann, John, "Cornetto Acoustics (Abstract of Presentation before Acoustical Society of America, 11 May 1992)", Historic Brass Society Journal, Vol. 4, 1992, p. 256.
McCann, John, "The First of the Mohicans, The Cornahawk Revealed", Historic Brass Society Newsletter, #11, Summer 1998.  (An article on the construction of a pipe tomahawk shaped straight cornett).
Waleson, Heidi, "Crafting Early Woodwinds", Early Music America, Vol. 4, No. 2, Summer, 1998, pp. 38-42. (An article about John McCann and several other early instrument makers).
References
Baines, Anthony. European & American Musical Instruments.  Viking Press, New York, 1966.
Baines, Anthony. Woodwind Instruments and Their History. Dover Publications, New York, 1990.
Collver, Michael. 215 Chop-busters for the Cornetto, Plus Selected  Madrigal Diminutions & Ricercate from the Late 16th Century.  Privately printed, 1993.
Collver, Michael and Dickey, Bruce. A Catalog of Music for the Cornett. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1996.
Heyde, Herbert. Hörner und Zinken (Horns and Cornetts).  Musikinstrumenten - Museum Der Karl Marx Universität Leipzig, Katalog Band 5.  VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig, 1982.
Cornett Article. Oxford Book of Music.
Reidemeister, Peter (ed.).  Basler Jahrbuch für Historische Musikpraxis V (Cornetts and Sackbutts: Studies on Extant Historical Instruments, Instrument Building and Repetoire) (in German). Amadeus Verlag Winterthur, Switzerland, 1982.
West, Jeremy and Smith, Susan. How to Play the Cornett. JW Publications, London, 1995.