I believe you may be referring to the 'English Slide Trumpet'. Although in theory it was around in Bach's time, it seems to have had little impact on the continent - it was a peculiarly English phenomenon with its high point in the 19th century. (See Ed Tarr's book The Trumpet). Also, this instrument was designed to improve on the tuning of the harmonics of the trumpet, not for playing low parts written in the alto clef, although it would have been able to fill some of the gaps to some degree. Without a low part being limited to the lower harmonics of the trumpet (with perhaps notes a semitone or tone lower, accessible to the late slide-trumpet) I would choose a sackbut as the most likely candidate for zugtrompete.
Michael Lawlor
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 15:48:27 +0200
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Not that I really know anything about this, but I was under the impression that a Zugtrompete is in fact a trumpet, with a sliding device. I have seen such instruments played.
I am happy to be enlightened otherwise.
Johannes
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