Tubecta

Tubecta (LLat.) [dim. of tuba], med. term for a small straight trumpet, first recorded in the 13th c. It probably corresponded to the trombetta of Dante (159, 170). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Praetorius, Michael. Syntagma musicum, Parts II, III. 1618, 1619. Sachs, Curt. The History of Musical Instruments. New York, 1940.