Slide trumpet

The slide trumpet is a chromatic trumpet of the 17th century, the tube can be similarly extended to a trombone to allow continuous intonation. This is the extension of the insertion of the mouthpiece. With the right hand, the tube of the instrument is pulled through the sleeve, while the left-hand fixing the mouthpiece. By means of the train was a variation of tone can be achieved by 3 semitones. Only with the introduction of the valve in the wind instruments lost the slide trumpet in importance.

The English Slide Trumpet, whose invention is attributed to John Hyde, was enormous importance in England until the end of the 19th century, though otherwise already valve trumpets were used throughout Europe. The slide trumpet was built in F. Crook brought the mood down to C or B. The train was mostly used for half and whole tones.

The Slide Trumpet, a further development from the 19th century, can be intoned by a curved yoke and is therefore referred to in German as a soprano trombone.

See also:

• Soprano Trombone

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• Curt Sachs: Lexicon of Musical Instruments. Berlin: Julius Bard, 1913