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A sackbut is an early form of the trombone used during the Renaissance and Baroque eras. A sackbut has the characteristic telescopic slide of a trombone, used to vary the length of the tube to change pitch, but is distinct from later trombones by its smaller, more cylindrically-proportioned bore, and its less-flared bell.
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The electronic sackbut is an electronic musical instrument designed and first built by Hugh Le Caine in 1945. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The electronic sackbut had a feature which resembles what has become the modulation wheels on modern synthesizers : The player used the left hand to modify the sound while the right hand was used to play the keyboard . [ 1 ]
Instruments made mostly from plastic, including the pBone and the Tromba plastic trombone, emerged in the 2010s as a cheaper and more robust alternative to brass. [28] [29] Plastic instruments could come in almost any colour but the sound plastic instruments produce is different from that of brass. While originally seen as a gimmick, these ...
Eventually, the slide trumpet evolved into the sackbut, which evolved into the modern-day trombone. The key difference between these two instruments is that the slide trumpet possesses only a single slide joint, rather than the two joints in the U-shaped slide of the sackbut or trombone. There are several types of slide trumpet of different ...
The sackbut is a legitimate historical instrument, which differs enough from the trombone in use and sound that it merits its own article, unless at the trombone article want every section to have "but the historic trombone blah".
The original line-up was cornettists Jeremy West, David Staff and sackbut players Sue Addison, Richard Cheetham, Paul Nieman and Stephen Saunders. Each member attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, with the exception of Addison. Later non-current members include Peter Bassano (sackbuts).
In principle, the portative is a smaller instrument than the positive organ, which features more ranks of pipes and a larger keyboard.The portative also should not be confused with the regal, a small keyboard instrument that contains a rank of short-length reed pipes instead of flue pipes.