Url https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/670 Resource class wmi:MusicalInstrument Title trombone Subject 423.22 Publisher Yamaha Conn Bach Contributor Roger Vetter Type European Format 45.7 in. length (first trombone) 44.9 in. length (second trombone) 49.2 in. length (third trombone) Identifier 311 6086 2217 Language EN Alternative Title tenor trombone tenor-bass trombone bass trombone Posaune Extent YSL-352s 88H TRBA50B30 Medium metal spring - spiral Requires 1 Is Part Of Symphony Orchestra Concert Band and Wind Ensemble Brass Ensembles Jazz Big Band Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection Spatial Coverage Europe Provenance Grinnell College Music Department Air cavity design for aerophones tubular - cylindrical with flaring open distal end Source and direction of airstream player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones lip reed (player’s lips) placed over cup mouthpiece at end of tube Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones incremental lengthening with telescoping slide of air cavity in which the standing wave is active Overblowing utilization in aerophones overblowing at consecutive partials Pitch production in aerophones multiple - changing length of standing wave by adding tube length with valves or slide and by selecting partials through overblowing Category of Instrument aerophone --