Trumpet

Suona 嗩吶. Missing its reed. Wood and brass. Double Reed Instrument. Similar to the western Oboe. Dissintegrating tab, part of a red sticker on the inner edge of the bell which has fallen off. It seems to indicate county and city but is illegable. The remaining part, still glued onto the bell says: "Made at the Bright Sound shop" (明聲館造). In modern times, these are often used in orchestras and funerary processions. Brass mouthpiece: stem disc, two spherical bulges disc. Brass bell, seven frontal holes, each in its own groove carved around slender conical pipe: one hole at back. Bell bent.