FROM CARD: "BRASS TRUMPET, IN TWO PIECES, WITH TELESCOPIC ACTION. "THIS INSTRUMENT IS USED BY THE CHINESE FOR MILITARY PURPOSES, TAKING THE PLACE OF OUR BUGLE. IT CAN BE HEARD AT A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE, AND FOR COMMUNICATING SIGNALS IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE IS MORE SUITABLE THAN GONGS, A CONTINUAL ROLL ON WHICH IS KEPT UP DURING THE FRAY. "IT IS ALSO USED IN THE THEATRICAL ORCHESTRAS, AND BY THE OFFICIAL BANDS STATIONED AT THE YAMENS OR PUBLIC OFFICES." (ALABASTER.) SEE MAHILLON VOL. 1, P. 181, NO. 139. "HWANG TEIH" PHOTO ON DRUM CARD 5."