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An illustration of a man standing looking down at a trombone on the floor of a bedroom.

Man and Trombone

An illustration of a man standing looking down at a trombone on the floor of a bedroom.

A cartoon of a man playing a long trombone.

Man Playing Trombone

A cartoon of a man playing a long trombone.

An illustration of two men in a band playing trombones.

Two Men Playing Trombones

An illustration of two men in a band playing trombones.

This is a tenor trombone having instead of the slide a system of pistons, like those of the horn and cornet, which renders it much more manageable.

Trombone A Piston

This is a tenor trombone having instead of the slide a system of pistons, like those of the horn and…

Three varieties of this intrument; the alto, the tenor, and the bass trombone.

Slide Trombone

Three varieties of this intrument; the alto, the tenor, and the bass trombone.

A brass instrument consisting of a long cylindrical tube bent upon itself twice, ending in a bell-shaped mouth, and having a movable U-shaped slide for producing different pitches.

Slide Trombone

A brass instrument consisting of a long cylindrical tube bent upon itself twice, ending in a bell-shaped…

"The Trombone is a large, deep, and loud-toned instrument of the trumpet kind, the name being an augmentative of tromba, a trumpet. It consists of two tubes, so constructed that one may slide in and out of the other, and thus form one tube that can be lengthened at will and made of varying pitch. There are three kinds of trombones, called after their compass the alto, tenor, and bass trombones."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Tenor Trombone

"The Trombone is a large, deep, and loud-toned instrument of the trumpet kind, the name being an augmentative…