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Blessing MPC7CTR 7C Trumpet Mouthpiece List Price: $38.25 Sale Price: $16.42 Used From: $17.50  |
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Blessing mouthpieces are fantastic mouthpieces built to the traditional specifications and are a great economical choice for the beginning player. |
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Blessing MPC5CTR 5C Trumpet Mouthpiece List Price: $38.25 Sale Price: $21.01 |
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Blessing mouthpieces are fantastic mouthpieces built to the traditional specifications and are a great economical choice for the beginning player. |
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Legacy Sterling Silver Plated Bb Trumpet Mouthpiece, 5C List Price: $49.99 Sale Price: $12.99 |
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Bach Trumpet Mouthpiece 5C List Price: $60.00 Sale Price: $43.99 Used From: $45.00 |
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Mouthpiece, Trumpet, Bach Silver Plate, 5C Cup: Medium; Cup Diameter: 16.25mm |
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Legacy Sterling Silver Plated Bb Trumpet Mouthpiece, 3C List Price: $49.99 Sale Price: $12.99 |
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Trumpet 7C Mouthpiece Sale Price: $12.21 |
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Blessing Trumpet Mouthpiece #3C List Price: $38.25 Sale Price: $21.49 Used From: $19.70 |
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Designed for quality and affordability, Blessing mouthpieces offer easy blowing, true timbre and tone color. |
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Conductor Model 200 Bb Trumpet w/ Case, Mouthpiece and 1 Year Warranty - ON SALE - SAVE OVER 50 List Price: $399.99 Sale Price: $109.99 Used From: $75.00 |
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If you are looking for a great trumpet at an affordable price, you have found it in the Conductor Model 200 trumpet. The Conductor brand of instruments from The Instrument Store are top quality student instruments which are approved by teachers and used in schools and band programs throughout the country... |
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Bach Trumpet Mouthpiece 3C List Price: $60.00 Sale Price: $43.99 |
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Mouthpiece, Trumpet, Bach Silver Plate, 3C Cup: Medium; Cup Diameter: 16.30mm |
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Cavallaro Trumpet Mouthpiece Roll $15.99 Cavallaro Trumpet Mouthpiece Roll |
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Kiwi Mouthpiece Pouches Trumpet $6.99 Kiwi Mouthpiece Pouches Trumpet |
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Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 17B4 $36.99 Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 17B4 |
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Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 17D4 $36.99 Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 17D4 |
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Bob Reeves Trumpet Mouthpiece 42ES $165 Bob Reeves Trumpet Mouthpiece 42ES |
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Bob Reeves Trumpet Mouthpiece 42S $165 Bob Reeves Trumpet Mouthpiece 42S |
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Bob Reeves Trumpet Mouthpiece 42C $165 Bob Reeves Trumpet Mouthpiece 42C |
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Bob Reeves Trumpet Mouthpiece 41S $165 Bob Reeves Trumpet Mouthpiece 41S |
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Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 11C4 $36.99 Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 11C4 |
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Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 11A4 $36.99 Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 11A4 |
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Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 15C4 $36.99 Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 15C4 |
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Bob Reeves Trumpet Mouthpiece 42SV692S $165 Bob Reeves Trumpet Mouthpiece 42SV692S |
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Holton 2460 Trumpet Mouthpiece Pouch $7.99 Holton 2460 Trumpet Mouthpiece Pouch |
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Protec Protector Trumpet Mouthpiece Brush $2.99 Protec Protector Trumpet Mouthpiece Brush |
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Asymmetric Opera 545 Trumpet Mouthpiece $73 Asymmetric Opera 545 Trumpet Mouthpiece |
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Bach Cornet/Trumpet Mouthpiece Adapter $13.99 Bach Cornet/Trumpet Mouthpiece Adapter |
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Asymmetric Lead 342M Trumpet Mouthpiece $73 Asymmetric Lead 342M Trumpet Mouthpiece |
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Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 6a4a $36.99 Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 6a4a |
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Selmer Trumpet/Trombone Mouthpiece Visualizer $19.99 Selmer Trumpet/Trombone Mouthpiece Visualizer |
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Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 8C4 $36.99 Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 8C4 |
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Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 7A4 $36.99 Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 7A4 |
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Asymmetric Lead 342 Trumpet Mouthpiece $73 Asymmetric Lead 342 Trumpet Mouthpiece |
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Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 5A4 $36.99 Yamaha Standard Trumpet Mouthpiece 5A4 |
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Asymmetric 544 3C+ Trumpet Mouthpiece $73 Asymmetric 544 3C+ Trumpet Mouthpiece |
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Bob Reeves C2J Trumpet Mouthpiece 40/C2J Complete Mouthpiece $165 Bob Reeves C2J Trumpet Mouthpiece 40/C2J Complete Mouthpiece |
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Bob Reeves C2J Trumpet Mouthpiece 43/C2J Complete Mouthpiece $165 Bob Reeves C2J Trumpet Mouthpiece 43/C2J Complete Mouthpiece |
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Bob Reeves C2J Trumpet Mouthpiece 43N/C2J Complete Mouthpiece $165 Bob Reeves C2J Trumpet Mouthpiece 43N/C2J Complete Mouthpiece |
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Bob Reeves C2J Trumpet Mouthpiece 43.5/C2J Complete Mouthpiece $165 Bob Reeves C2J Trumpet Mouthpiece 43.5/C2J Complete Mouthpiece |
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Bob Reeves C2J Trumpet Mouthpiece 42/C2J Complete Mouthpiece $165 Bob Reeves C2J Trumpet Mouthpiece 42/C2J Complete Mouthpiece |
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Bob Reeves C2J Trumpet Mouthpiece 43W/C2J Complete Mouthpiece $165 Bob Reeves C2J Trumpet Mouthpiece 43W/C2J Complete Mouthpiece |
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Kelly Mouthpieces 1C Trumpet Mouthpiece Mellow Yellow $20 Kelly Mouthpieces 1C Trumpet Mouthpiece Mellow Yellow |
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Bach Gold Rim Series Trumpet Mouthpiece 7C $124.95 Bach Gold Rim Series Trumpet Mouthpiece 7C |
The Serpent and Its Children
In 1590 French churchman Guillaume of Auxerre invented the serpent, a weird-looking wind instrument about eight feet long. Its tubing was made in a shape suggesting a squirming snake which had been struck with a stick. For about two hundred years it flourished as an important bass instrument, but now it is chiefly known for its many and varied progeny.
Among these are the ophicleides, a family of six; the saxhorns, a family of eight; the saxtrombas, a family of eight; the tubas, a family of nine; and the muchmaligned saxophones, which have now grown to a family of nine.
Too much credit cannot be given Guillaume for his invention, because the serpent is little more than a bass member of the large family of cornettos, or zinken. These instruments put in an appearance in Europe in the fourteenth century.
In England they were called cornettos and were built in three keys. The little treble cornetto in F was only about eighteen inches long and had a thin, weak tone. Another was the cornetto in C, about two feet long. The third was the great cornetto in G, approximately three feet long. In Germany these same instruments were known as zinken and were built in several keys, one of them being a high soprano in D which was only a little over a foot long.
It is not definitely known how many different members there were in this original family of instruments, but there undoubtedly were quite a number.
The cornettos and zinken were the "black sheep" among musical instruments. Not only were they cheaply made, but they were noted for their poverty of musical qualities.
Constructed of wood and covered with leather, their tone was colorless, coarse and windy. Anyone with a pocketknife, a pot of glue and a thin skiver of leather could make one of these instruments. Two sides of the tube were whittled out and stuck together with glue. Then the tube was covered with leather to strengthen the thin wood.
After this, holes were bored in the side of the tube and a cupshaped mouthpiece was turned out of a piece of wood. The instrument was then complete. Making these ancient instruments was something like making the cigar-box fiddle or the slippery-elm whistle of today.
Nevertheless, these instruments became the most popular in Europe. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries they were heard in military bands and church choirs and were rated as the most important wind instruments of their time.
Their number and variety multiplied. They swept over Europe somewhat as their famous offspring, the saxophones, later swept over America in the 19205. Guillaume, no doubt, heard them from morning to night, not only outside his church but also in his own choir loft.
Apparently Guillaume shared the enthusiasm of his contemporaries for these instruments. He decided the world would be further blessed if a larger and better zinke or cornetto were invented, and accordingly he brought forth the serpent.
Originally it was a conical tube about eight feet long with six finger holes and was played with a wooden cup-shaped mouthpiece. Later, keys were added and the mouthpipe and mouthpiece were made of metal.
Its pitch was two octaves below Middle C or thereabout, and it furnished a deep voice for the military bands and for the church choirs. It found its place in musical circles much as might a bass singer in a college glee club which was without adequate bass voices.
The only important wind bass at the time was the bassoon, and its reedy quality of tone did not seem to strike theTancy of the populace. The serpent, therefore, was looked upon as a much-needed addition to wind instruments, a great boon to music.
Fifty years before Guillaume invented the serpent, another churchman, Afranio of Ferrara, Italy, had invented the shape of the bassoon. He built it so its tubing was doubled back upon itself in parallel lines, which shape earned for the instrument the name of fagotto, or bundle of fagots.
Guillaume apparently did not think well of his brother churchman's design, for the serpent was curved into a fantastic shape which resembled a reptile. It has seemed odd to some people that Guillaume, a divine, would make an instrument in the shape of the serpent, symbol of evil.
Possibly it did not occur to Guillaume that he was giving the shape of a serpent to his instrument. Possibly he took his design from the fifteenth-century painting, "Angel with the Trumpet." In this painting, the trumpet is shown bent in the shape of a reversed letter S.
Perhaps Guillaume was simply trying to carry this idea into the bass instrument and evolved his serpent shape. In any event, he produced an instrument whose shape has caused wonder and amazement for over three hundred years.
About the Author
Malcolm Blake has spent years of his life devoted to studying music online and off. He is currently working on projects concerning learning to play the guitar quickly and how to learn guitar chords easily.