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Contrabass trombone. Nominal pitch: 16-ft C.

Technical description: silver-plated brass, with the plating absent from the lower end of the bell section, c240mm. Double slides, with different bore in each of the four legs; two siphon water-keys.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.22 Labrosones with slides
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:1179; bell 174.