| 1. | Tuning slides came in during the very late 18th century.
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| 2. | The pitch of the trumpet can be raised or lowered by the use of the tuning slide.
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| 3. | In valved instruments, they are found always on the main tuning slide, and sometimes on valve slides.
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| 4. | Modern reproductions often have a bell bow tuning slide or telescopic slide between the slide and bell sections.
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| 5. | The 10 tunes slide uncomfortably close to new age, radiating either an aura of tepid romance or happy, sappy exuberance.
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| 6. | Even so, it is often necessary for the musician to accommodate by adjusting the tuning slide, or their own aperture.
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| 7. | These sliding crooks also had the function of tuning slides, obviating the need for tuning " bits " inserted before or after the crook.
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| 8. | The use of the leadpipe as the main tuning slide is particularly common in flugelhorns and piccolo trumpets though not unknown in other instruments.
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| 9. | The main tube was also reshaped by moving the tuning slide after the 4th valve instead of having it at the beginning like the Flugelhorns.
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| 10. | The bell section was more resonant ( since it did not contain the tuning slide and was loosely stayed rather than firmly braced to itself ).
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