Cimbasso
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The cimbasso is a low brass instrument that covers the same range as a tuba or contrabass trombone. First appearing in Italy in the early 19th century as an upright serpent, the term cimbasso came to
"Russian Bassoon" MET DP249508 mod 1
Cimbasso in Bb by Stowasser SCCHMM 95928
Tuba
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The tuba is a large brass instrument in the bass-to-contrabass range. It is a member of the valved bugles, a large and diverse family of instruments characterized by their wide conical bore and use of
Cimbasso
…The cimbasso (English: chim-BAH-soh, Italian: ) is a low brass instrument that covers the same range as a tuba or contrabass trombone. First appearing in Italy in the early 19th century as an upright serpent, the term cimbasso came to denote several instruments…
A bass tuba in F with front-action piston valves
Chink Martin (far left) on sousaphone in Johnny Bayersdorffer's Novelty Orchestra, New Orleans, 1922
The jazz recordings on Birth of the Cool (1957) by Miles Davis are some of the first to use tuba, recorded 1949–50
Euroband musicians with fiberglass sousaphones