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Tromboon
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The tromboon is a musical instrument made up of the reed and bocal of the bassoon attached to the body of a trombone in place of the trombone's leadpipe, combining the and the slide for a distinctive and unusual instrument. The name of the instrument is a portmanteau of "trombone" and "bassoon". The sound quality of the instrument is best described as comical and loud; its creator, Peter Schickele, called it "a hybrid — that's the nicer word — constructed from the parts of a bassoon and a trombone; it has all the disadvantages of both." This instrument is called for in the scores of the fictional P. D. Q. Bach in his oratorio The Seasonings, as well as the Serenude (for devious instruments). <div align=center> </div> |
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