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=== Commercial quartertone trumpets ===
=== Commercial quartertone trumpets ===
While uncommon, there are quartertone trumpets available for purchase or commission.   
Professional trumpet technicians have historically created rotary valves which attach to the main tuning slide that lower the pitch of the trumpet by a quartertone.   


The Adams A4 is a jazz trumpet which can be ordered to include a quartertone valve. Other Adams trumpets sometimes include a quartertone option.
While uncommon, there are also quartertone trumpets available for purchase or commission:


CarolBrass also sells commercial quartertone trumpets.  
The Adams A4 is a jazz trumpet which can be ordered to include a quartertone valve. Other Adams trumpets sometimes include a quartertone option.
 
CarolBrass also creates commercial quartertone trumpets, namely the [https://www.carolbrass.com/show_products.aspx?getId=6102839F3F21BC4B&getId1=6102839F3F21BC4B1&getId2=&nID2&getId3=&nID3&getId4=CA34C6C872BCDFE7 CTR-5000H4V-YLT(D)-SL].


Ibrahim Maalouf partnered with AJ Atelier des Cuivres to commercially sell the "[https://aj-atelierdescuivres.fr/produit/trompette-a-jaminet-toma/ TOMA trumpet]," a quartertone trumpet which Maalouf now uses exclusively.
Ibrahim Maalouf partnered with AJ Atelier des Cuivres to commercially sell the "[https://aj-atelierdescuivres.fr/produit/trompette-a-jaminet-toma/ TOMA trumpet]," a quartertone trumpet which Maalouf now uses exclusively.


Professional trumpet technicians have historically created rotary valves which attach to the main tuning slide that lower the pitch of the trumpet by a quartertone.
[https://www.pujetrumpet.com/ Pujé trumpets] are built with directly adjustable slides on the main tuning slide. According to Brent Peters, however, the slide is "hard to use accurately and quickly enough" [to play quartertones], "even with a trigger."
 
[https://www.pujetrumpet.com/ Pujé trumpets] are built with directly adjustable slides on the main tuning slide. According to Brent Peters, however, the slide is "hard to use accurately and quickly enough" [to play quartertones], "even with a trigger."
 
[https://www.vanlaartrumpets.nl/ Van Laar] is known to have created quartertone trumpets. 


In 2018, Monette shared a [https://www.monette.net/post/2018/04/20/our-first-ever-custom-quarter-tone-trumpet post] about their "first ever custom quarter-tone trumpet.
[https://www.vanlaartrumpets.nl/ Van Laar] is known to have created quartertone trumpets.


In 2018, Monette shared a [https://www.monette.net/post/2018/04/20/our-first-ever-custom-quarter-tone-trumpet post] about their "first ever custom quarter-tone trumpet."
===19edo trumpets===
===19edo trumpets===
Stephen Altoft and Donald Bousted created a trumpet project titled "The Microtonal Trumpet," creating microtonal trumpets using [[wikipedia:Rotary_valve|rotary valves]] which can play in [[19edo]], [[24edo]], and [[48edo]].  
Stephen Altoft and Donald Bousted created a trumpet project titled "The Microtonal Trumpet," creating microtonal trumpets using [[wikipedia:Rotary_valve|rotary valves]] which can play in [[19edo]], [[24edo]], and [[48edo]].