The picture above is one of a six piston trombone invented by the famous Belgian instrumentmaker Adolphe Sax (1814 - 1894). (Taken from WikiCommons) Off course he is best known for the invention of the saxophone, but beside the saxophone he has experimented much in making other instruments like saxtrombas, valved bugles, saxhorns and so on. The six pistons of the saxtrombone make it possible to play all the six positions without a slide. There was an improvement on the correctness in play compared to other valved trombones from those days. In Belgium the six valved trombone has been a part of the official music education. It has also been used in various orchestras and the opera of Brussels for quite a while.
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Saxtrombone
The picture above is one of a six piston trombone invented by the famous Belgian instrumentmaker Adolphe Sax (1814 - 1894). (Taken from WikiCommons) Off course he is best known for the invention of the saxophone, but beside the saxophone he has experimented much in making other instruments like saxtrombas, valved bugles, saxhorns and so on. The six pistons of the saxtrombone make it possible to play all the six positions without a slide. There was an improvement on the correctness in play compared to other valved trombones from those days. In Belgium the six valved trombone has been a part of the official music education. It has also been used in various orchestras and the opera of Brussels for quite a while.
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