ocr: The Musical Instruments of the Symphonic Orchestra X Musical Iistruments: Trombone The Irombone 1S a relatively old musical instrument. It appears that almostr no great change has been made to 1t during the past 450 years. The exception to this are some alterations to the bell and mouthpiece, which may reflect on the tastes ofthe ditterent timesregarding timbre and tone quality. Until the 19th century, the Trombone was the only instrument in the brass family which could produce the entire chromatic range. The reason for this agility, 1s the fact that it 1S the only brass instrument which uses ...
