Trumpets for Classical and Romantic music
In addition, in this category
Stopped trumpet
after Doke
After Alois Doke, Linz, c. 1823
Similar to the horn, the stopped trumpet can be played one to one and a half semitones lower by using hand stopping technique. It is built in Demi-Lune form and has a tuning slide. This instrument is played with the same crooks and bits as the keyed trumpet after Alois Doke. Exception: C and Bb crooks; these must also be curved due to the curved shape of the instrument.
- Key in G (440 Hz)
- Keys are achieved through different crooks. Possible keys F, E, Eb, D, C, Bb (both 440 Hz or 430 Hz)
- Instrument in brass
Keyed trumpet
after Doke
Right-handed design
After Alois Doke, Linz, c. 1823
Original: Music Museum, Basel
- Key in G (440 Hz)
- Keys are achieved through different crooks. Possible keys F, E, Eb, D, C, Bb (both 440 Hz or 430 Hz)
- Instrument in brass
- With 5 keys
- The instrument is fine tuned via tunings bits, which are available in 10 cent steps (the instrument does not have a tuning slide)
Keyed trumpet
after Bauer
Left-handed design
After Eduard Bauer, 1836 -1871
Original: Private collection Jaroslav Roucek
- Key in G (440 Hz)
- Keys are achieved through different crooks. Possible keys F, E, Eb, D, C, Bb (both 440 Hz or 430 Hz)
- Instrument in brass
- With 5 keys
- The instrument is fine tuned via tunings bits, which are available in 10 cent steps (the instrument does not have a tuning slide)
Witnesses of the Romantic Era
Original invention trumpet and piston trumpet as set Hochschule der Künste Bern Instruments by Antoine Courtois, Paris 1856
The replica of the romantic trumpets after Courtois
Invention trumpet
after Courtois
By Antoine Courtois, Paris, 1856
Original: Hochschule der Künste Bern
The invention trumpet is preserved as a set together with a low F piston trumpet. These instruments were used complementing each other according to the requirements of the work. On request, we manufacture the instrument from MCM material, a special alloy similar to that found in French romantic brass instruments. This reinforces the historical sound and playing characteristics.
- Keys in G, F, E, Eb, D, C, Bb (both in 440 Hz and 430 Hz tuning)
Slide trumpet
after Courtois
Version MCM
By Antoine Courtois, Paris, 1850
Original in the collection of the Hochschule der Künste Bern
On request, we manufacture the instrument from MCM material, a special alloy similar to that found in French romantic brass instruments. This reinforces the historical sound and playing characteristics.
- Keys in G, F, E, Eb, D, C, Bb (both in 440 Hz and 430 Hz tuning)
Piston
low F trumpet
The original is part of a set consisting of invention trumpet and piston trumpet. It is located at the Hochschule der Künste Bern and was copied by Egger as part of a project dedicated to invention trumepts.
As an instrument from the transition period from the natural to the valve instruments, it is a kind of hybrid. It was played in constant alternation with the invention trumpet and was therefore even transported in the same instrument case to always have both at hand. The playing style is also very reminiscent of the natural instruments. Although equipped with valves, it can be played in a number of keys G, F, E, Eb, D, C, Bb (each in 440 Hz, respectively in 430 Hz).
- Keys in G, F, E, Eb, D, C, Bb (both in 440 Hz and 430 Hz tuning)
Rotary
low F trumpet
Rotary trumpet in low F after Vaclav Červený, Königgrätz
Rotary valve trumpet in low F/E/Eb/D
After Václav František Červený,
Königgrätz 1878
The trumpet is ideal for German Romanticism and blends very well with our romantic trombones, which are also built in this tradition. It can be equipped with a second tuning slide and set of valve slides to be tuned in the Eb key. The semitone step from F to E, or from Eb to D, takes place via pulling out the main tuning slide.
- Meinlschmidt valve section with lubrication groove on the valve bearings
- Geometry of valve slide arches and knees adapted to the flow conditions.
- Soldered from hammered sheet metal.
