The slide trumpet is a type of trumpet that is fitted with a slide much like a trombone.
The slide trumpet grew out of the war trumpet as used and developed in Western and Central Europe: Don Smithers in The Music and History of the Baroque Trumpet before 1721, argues that the slide grew out of the detachable leadpipe, and separated the use of the trumpet as a dance instrument from the trumpet as a signaling device in war.
There are several types of slide trumpet of different places and eras.
Read more about Slide Trumpet: Medieval Slide Trumpet, Renaissance Slide Trumpet, Baroque Slide Trumpet, Flatt Trumpet (English Slide Trumpet), Firebird Trumpet
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