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OCR: FACTS BoX NAME: TRUMPET FAMILY: Brass BRASS PITCH RANGE: Two-and-three-quarter octaves. COMPLETE MA TERIAL: Brass usually covered it RANGE lacquer SIZE: About 18 in (46 cm) long total length o1 unwound tube is 4 ft 6in 1.4 m) ORIGINS: The earliest valve trumpets were built in Germany in 1820. and in the State: around 1825 They were refined in Europe during the 19th century CLASSIFICATION: Aerophone: an 7 instrument that produces its sound by the vibration of a column of air DID YOU KNOW? Trumpets are at least 2560 years old: silver and bronze trumpets were among the objects found in the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen in Egypt usuall States ound object tomh