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Contrabass trombone. Nominal pitch: 18-ftB♭.

Technical description: Brass, the slide section silver-plated and the bell section lacquered. Double slides, with siphon water-keys on both bottom bows; silver-plated stockings; plain brass counterweight.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.22 Labrosones with slides
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:1277; bell 217.