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Tenor-bass trombone. Nominal pitch: B♭+F.

Technical description: silver-plated brass; thumb-operated valve for F; water-key. Valve type: Banana-plate rotary valve with simple helical tension spring and string to ring for thumb.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.22 Labrosones with slides
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:1174; bell 184.