Enlarge the image on the left to see a chart showing the ranges of the different trumpets.
Alistair Mackie of the Philharmonia Orchestra comments:
No Difference in Range
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Precision
The nature of how the notes come out will change with the instrument. It´s hard to get precision up in the high register. 18th Century composers like Bach would write in the high register of the instrument and it became increasingly important to have precision high up and clear attack, so this led to the creation of the small trumpets such as the piccolo trumpet.
In the video clips below Alistair Mackie comments on aspects of the trumpet's range:
clip 1 -
The range of different trumpets.
clip 2 -
High notes on trumpets.