The trumpet is a brass instrument. The most common type of trumpet is a transposing instrument in B♭, with pitches sounding a whole step lower than written. The trumpet family includes instruments ran
Trumpet in B♭
Trio of trumpeters in Toledo, Ohio, approximately 1940
Silver and gold plated trumpet and its wooden mute from the tomb of Tutankhamun (1326–1336 BC)
Ceramic trumpet, AD 300, Larco Museum Collection Lima, Peru
The bass trumpet is a type of low trumpet which was first developed during the 1820s in Germany. It is usually pitched in 8' C or 9' B♭ today, but is sometimes built in E♭ and is treated as a transpos
Bass trumpet in C with 4 rotary valves
Duncan Wilson playing rotary bass trumpet in C with the BBC Symphony Orchestra