BBb slide trombone

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BBb slide trombone

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.500 bore!
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Very interesting and a bit of the history. .500 bore is small today but at that time?! The tenors were somewhere about .430-.450. This instrument must be one of very few.
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Very interesting and a bit of the history. .500 bore is small today but at that time?! The tenors were somewhere around .430. This instrument must be one of very few.
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I have a VERY old Czech trombone with a .422" bore. It takes a trumpet MP.
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