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Re: Early trumpets.

To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Early trumpets.
From: "Gene H. Chan" <genechan@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 07:16:26 -0800 (PST)
Cc: Bill Walker <Walker@xxxxxxxxxxx>, genechan@xxxxxxxxx
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On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Bill Walker wrote:

> I was watching a program of baroque music being played on period
> instruments tonight and I noticed a trumpet which didn't have valves but
> the player appeared to be covering holes with his fingers.
> Did that trumpet work on the same principal as the Serpent or Saxaphone?
> 
> What was it's range and limitations?
> It sounded fine to me and apart from having 8 or 9 feet of tubing seemed
> relatively easy to hold.

	Hi, Bill.  I was watching that program, too.  See the Web page at
http://ananke.advanced.org/3588/Renaissance/Town/Music/Trumpets.html for a
bit more information on what I think is the instrument we saw on the
program.

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Burnaby, BC, Canada				       gene.chan@xxxxxxxxx
Summer Pops Youth Orchestra			http://www.vcn.bc.ca/spyo/
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References:
- Early trumpets.
  - From: Bill Walker

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