Halber Cornet German?

Mentioned only by Adlung, who says:

In the Pfarrkirche at Danzig there is a "halber Cornet 8'." Question: what does that mean? Reply: I believe it means that the stop does not extend through the entire keyboard, rather from the top down to c' or g. Mattheson expresses a similar opinion in the Appendix to Niedt's Part Two, p. 168, where he says the same thing about a "halber Zinken;" thus I conclude all the more confidently that it [i.e., the "halber Cornet 8'"] must be considered as a Zink.
See also Cornet.

Examples

None known other than the one cited above. Contributions welcome.

Bibliography

Adlung[1]: §132 Cornet.
 
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