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The origins of the Trombone: pictures

Mittelalterliches Hausbuch
ill 2a

Mittelalterliches Hausbuch (late 15th century), two details from different pages, both showing trumpets. In Brass Instruments (1976), Baines speculated that the player in 2a might be pushing out the slide to tease the dog, but such an incident seems better illustrated by 2b.

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