Posted by bloke on January 28, 2004 at 10:12:30:
In Reply to: Re: Why no C Trombones? posted by Dean on January 28, 2004 at 09:55:37:
"The trombone has always been a chromatic instrument." as are all of the other brass instruments for 175 years.
In the past, there was a "Preacher Model" trombone in C (Conn?) and a couple of years ago, Yamaha tested the waters with a student model with a backwards-operating Bb attachment...Depress the valve and the instrument is shortened to C, allowing for 1st position C / 2nd position B (as with an "F"-attachment) without all of the bulk and weight.
Folks gotta buy 'em for these guys to make 'em and and further develop 'em.