Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/943
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	alto sackbut
Subject
	423.22
Publisher
	Böhm & Meinl
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	European
Format
	32.5 in. length assembled
80 in. length of bore
0.41 in. bore diameter at mouthpiece end
3.2 in. diameter of bell

Identifier
	2890
Language
	EN
Alternative Title
	sagbut
	saqueboute
	alto Posaune
	discant Posaune
	trombone
Extent
	Symphonic
Medium
	metal
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	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

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