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Trombone. Nominal pitch: B♭+F.

Technical description: Brass; untapered joint between slide and bell sections with restraining screw. Thumb valve operated by sling. The slide stockings each with four ring grooves to hold oil. The main tuning-slide inner slide with stockings length 56 on each leg. With slide lock.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.22 Labrosones with slides
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:1160 (assembled); bell 189.5.