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Performer: Thaddeus Archer The B-flat piccolo trumpet is an invention whose principal function is to make Baroque high clarino trumpet parts more manageable. It is half the size of the standard B-flat trumpet, with partials sounding an octave higher than that instrument. The 4th valve (played with the little finger) adds tubing to lower the fundamental a perfect 4th, making the lowest note of this scale playable.

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