 King trombonium in B♭ | |
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| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 423.233.2 (Lip-reed aerophone with valves and cylindrical bore longer than 2 meters [1] ) |
| Timbre | Trombone |
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The trombonium is a valve trombone in upright form, formerly manufactured by E. H. White under its "King" label. [2] It was unveiled by H.N. White in 1938 and manufactured until the mid 1970s. [2] In the early 1970s, C. G. Conn also manufactured a similar instrument as their 90G model valve trombone. [3]
The trombonium has a timbre similar to a trombone. It is built with valves instead of a slide, in a compact upright form superficially resembling a baritone or euphonium, suitable for use in marching bands. [2] A similar-sounding marching trombone is the flugabone, which is wrapped similar to a bass trumpet. The trombonium was used by the University of Southern California Marching Band [2] and on a handful of jazz recordings (e.g., Jay and Kai + 6 ).
