Slide Trumpet in E

Köhler & Son

1881–90 · Brass · Musical Instruments

Adding a slide to a trumpet expanded its scale and made it a semichromatic instrument. A set of interchangeable crooks was used to pitch the instrument in different keys. Although the valve was first successfully utilized in 1814, the slide trumpet remained popular in Britain and France throughout much of the nineteenth century.

Artist

Köhler & Son

Date

1881–90

Medium

Brass

Culture

British

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889