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Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name) > Sound Devices > sound devices > <sound devices by acoustical characteristics> > aerophones > lip-vibrated aerophones > <lip-vibrated aerophones with cylindrical bore> > trumpets (aerophones) > end-blown trumpets

Descripción

Hooked bronze trumpets of the Etruscans and Romans, consisting of a slender tube with a cylindrical bore, terminating in an upturned bell. The term continued in use in postclassical times, meaning crumhorns or cornetts, though in the 18th century it denoted brass instruments.

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http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300042803

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