(2695) Tenor trombone, A. Schnitzer, Nuremberg, 1594.

Giovanni Martino Cesari, excerpt from `La Hieronyma' from Musicale Melodie (1621), played by Sue Addison. The trombone was developed in the 15th century and has not changed in essence since. The early trombone was made of hand-beaten tubing formed from sheet brass and seamed; the joints were not fully soldered up, but were made to be easily dis-assembled for cleaning and packing away the instrument; the joints were sealed with wax. The main acoustical difference from the later trombone was the smaller bell flare. The trombone in Britain the 16th and 17th centuries was known as the 'sackbut' and this word is often used today for the early trombone whether British or not (2695).

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