Aida trumpet. A long trumpet specially constructed for use in Verdi's opera Aida. The orginal, manufactured in France, was called trompette thébaine, trumpet of Thebes. It produced only 4 notes: A-flat, B-flat, B-natural, and C.
Aïda trumpet in B natural; 1-valve (A. Sax, Paris, c 1883)
Aïda trumpet in B natural; 1-valve (A. Sax, Paris, c 1883)
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