Trumpets

The harp has a solemn sound which soothes the restless spirit; the trumpet's call has the unique ability to quicken and excite. Who is not stirred by the trumpets of a military band, or by the trumpet solo that precedes the bass recitative of I Corinthians 15:52 in Handel's Messiah? The trumpets of early Israel were made of ram's or goat's horns. Moses was instructed by God to make two trumpets of silver (Num. 10:12) to be blown at certain ceremonies. All these instruments (variously...