Pocket trumpet is a B flat trumpet just like the standard trumpet, only smaller and more compact. The length of the tubing of both trumpets is the same but with pocket trumpets, they are wound more tightly. The winding of the pocket trumpets' tube are done with much precision so that even the trumpet looks smaller, they still produce the same range of notes and pitches like the standard trumpet. In addition to that, the pocket trumpets' bell and bore size are just the same size with the standard trumpet enabling the musician or the user to use only one mouthpiece for the two instruments.

Although pocket trumpets' size prove to be a convenience for playing, they are rarely considered to take part in the brass section of an orchestra and many just use them for curiosity's sake. However, pocket trumpets did not lose hope and nowadays many musicians are appreciating their use and advantages and are playing them as well. Especially those musicians who travel a lot, going to different countries to showcase their talent or even those street performers who love to entertain passersby. Their small compact size can fit in a handbag or a briefcase, small and light enough to be carried anywhere the musicians go.

Moreover, pocket trumpets are seen as jazz musicians' instrument. Although they produce same range of note and pitch with the standard trumpet, jazz players find pocket trumpets' sounds to be brighter and brilliant compared to the standard trumpets' warm, rich and mellow sound. Its size also gives wah-wah players advantage; it enables them to reach the end of the wah-wah mute to make the instrument produce a cry-like sound.
Many pocket trumpets are available in the market. Most of them are manufactured in the United States like those of Cecilo, Holton, Benge, Kanstul and Marcinkiewicz brands. They come in wide range of prices and you be assured that they are of high quality and works very well. Grab your own pocket trumpet now and start blowing those horns!