Dizzy Gillespie’s B-flat Trumpet, 1972 This week’s Smithsonian Snapshot celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month with American jazz legend John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie’s trumpet. In the 1940s, Gillespie, ...

This trumpet was made by Dominic Calicchio in Los Angeles, California around 1954 to 1956. It is a B-flat trumpet, serial #1520, made of brass with 3 piston valves. This trumpet is engraved: D.

The trumpet only has three keys, ... Depressing the first valve, for instance, can produce a low B-flat, an F, a higher B-flat, a D and several other notes I can’t reach.

On display is a Henri Selmer B-flat custom-made and inscribed trumpet that belonged to Armstrong. Read More About: Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures, Regeneration; Jump to Comments.

A worker inspects and cleans a Vincent Bach B-Flat Trumpet at the factory in Elkhart, Indiana last month. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times. 3 of 8.

That’s how the story of the notoriously high piccolo trumpet solo on ‘Penny Lane’ starts. Vocalist McCartney was looking for something to embellish the jaunty 1967 English pop song, so when he heard ...

Composer and musician Darren Solomon has created an interactive musical work designed for anyone to play. It's called "In B Flat," and it uses instruments ranging from a piano to a Nintendo DS. It ...

Hartman thought other trumpet players could do the same. Independently, Villanueva had virtually the same idea for a Memorial Day tribute. Musicians play "Taps" across America to honor veterans on ...

Haydn's Concerto for Trumpet in E flat was a ground-breaking addition to the trumpet repertoire, although it is a typical example of a concerto from the Classical period.

David Mason, who died on April 29 aged 85, was principal trumpet, at various times, at Covent Garden and the Royal Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestras, but he became better known as the ...