Trumpet

Trumpet Although God commanded Moses to construct two trumpets made of silver (Numbers 10:2) during the Israelite wanderings, the most common instrument described by the word “trumpet” in the Bible is the shofar, or ram’s horn. Its primary purpose was for signaling rather than musical expression; the same held true for all such later instruments carrying the generic term “trumpet.” By the middle ages, a trumpet consisted of a metal tube, variously coiled, with a slightly flared bell on one end…