Firebird (trumpet)

Firebird
Firebird trumpet
Brass instrument
Classification
Hornbostel–Sachs classification423.2
(Sliding and Valved aerophone sounded by lip movement)
Related instruments
Musicians

The Firebird is a type of trumpet with the standard three valves and the addition of a trombone-style slide. It was invented by Maynard Ferguson and Larry Ramirez and remains an exceptionally rare, specialist instrument. They were occasionally produced by Holton.[1]

  1. ^ "Holton Large Bore Trumpets and the Maynard Ferguson Series". www.gleblanc.com. Leblanc (Frank Holton Company). Archived from the original on 25 January 1998. Retrieved 2012-05-23.

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