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He was around 11 years old when he started to play. but he didnt start to play the Trumpet until later in his life, he started on cornet.

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Armstrong began playing trumpet around the age of 11 or 12 (1912 or 1913).

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I don't remember exactly, as it has been three years since i did my research paper on Louis Armstrong, but i know he started at a very young age, im thinking around age seven.

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he was ten or eleven

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