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Salonen did some surprising things with Beethoven, most surprising of all using valveless early 19th century trumpets.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2016

But a few moments later, Buckley sings Purcell's plaint, O, Let Me Forever Weep, accompanied by Balsom's valveless trumpet, with heartbreaking directness and simplicity.

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2013

Nathan Botts did fine work on the intractable valveless trumpet in “The Trumpet Shall Sound.”

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2010

And Mr. Christie singled out a player after the “Paladins” music: Molly Norcross — one of those modern-instrument specialists, on French horn — who had wielded the treacherous valveless horn without apparent difficulty.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2010

Usually one valve gives the harmonic series one half step lower than the valveless intrument; another, one whole step lower; and the third, one and a half steps lower.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones