|
exhibit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
information
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
online
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Keyed trumpet
Carl August Müller
Mainz
circa 1830
Inv.-Nr. 1840
Padded reed instrument exhibited in The Romatic Period
from the instrument collection Paul de Wit
|
|
|
|
Photographer: Janos Stekovics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In 1795 a Viennese trumpet virtuoso decided to try adding keys to the trumpet in an attempt to increase the amount of pitches available to the instrument. The keys made it possible to play chromatic scales in even the instrument's lower registers. As a result of the added pitches many famous composers of the Viennese Classical period wrote concertos for the trumpet. In performing those works the disadvantages of the keyed trumpet became apparent. Because it was necessary to bore holes into the instrument's tubing in order to fit it with keys, the sound of the instrument changed drastically, and the trumpet's characteristic brilliance was lost. After 1820 the keyed trumpet was used primarily in either military bands or amateur orchestras.
|
|
|
|
|
