TRUMPETS

For trumpeters who play a lot of pitched parts—the kind that are common in Bach and a lot of baroque music—the piccolo trumpet is a mainstay.

The piccolo trumpet is tuned to Bb, one octave above the standard Bb trumpet, and almost always comes with an another leadpipe, which allows the player to tune the instrument down one half-step to A. In addition, most piccolo models include a fourth valve, which extends the instrument's range down a perfect fourth.