The Sixteenth-Century Trombone

Dimensions, Materials, and Techniques

by Hannes William Vereecke

Book cover: The Sixteenth-Century Trombone

Extent: 254 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Music & Performing Arts

Series: Epitome musical

Language: English

Paperback (Out of print)

(October 2016)

ISBN: 9782503566399

Price: $113.00

Out of stock

The growing interest in the performance of music of the sixteenth-century has created an increasing demand for accurate reproductions of period trombones. The reconstruction of such instruments has raised many questions concerning geometrical design, materials used, and processing techniques. There are few primary sources at our disposal that offer information on the manufacturing process of sixteenth-century trombones, thus one is forced to rely on information that can be derived from scientific analysis of surviving instruments. This book provides a comprehensive picture of the physical characteristics of the sixteenth-century trombone by means of an in-depth acoustical, geometrical and metallurgical analysis of all surviving trombones made in the sixteenth-century Nuremberg.

  • By (author) Hannes William Vereecke