Trumpet

(trum'pět.) [From It. trombetta.] (Mus.) An instrument of great antiquity (Fig. 650). The term, as at present used, is somewhat vague, it being employed not only to designate a special instrument, but in a generic manner as comprehending the whole family of bra instruments. The trumpet par excellence, however, consists of a tube 8 feet long, expanding at the end at which the sound i ues into a bell-like shape, and is doubled into a parabolic form. It is played by means of a mouth-piece nearly an inch in width. Its compa Fig. 650. extends from G below the staff AN EGYPTIAN TRUMPETER. to E above. [s. 909]