How long is a B-flat trumpet?
A B-flat trumpet is about 48 cm (1 ft 7 in) long.
Size source: collections.si.edu
Compared with things you know
- About 5.6 times the width of a credit card (8.56 cm)
- About twice the width of a basketball (24 cm)
- About 27% as long as an adult bicycle (1.75 m)
Did you know?
Unwound, the tubing of a B-flat trumpet would stretch about 1.48 m, roughly three times the length of the instrument.
