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Trumpet

A high member of the brass family, this wind instrument consists of a shallow cupped mouthpiece at the end of a long metal tube looped once and ending in a flared bell. Three valves on the top center of the trumpet are used to change the pitch resulting in a brilliant, penetrating sound. 

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