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Bass trombone. Nominal pitch: G/F.

Technical description: Brass; plated stockings. Usual British G bass trombone, but with tuning at joint with ligature fixing; no tuning-slide. Single coil crook (wreath) for insertion at joint between slide and bell sections for putting instrument into F. Black wooden handle, ridged grip.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.22 Labrosones with slides
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:1280; bell 195.