1795

Joos Verschuere-Reynvaan, in his Dutch dictionary, Muzijkaal Kunst-Woordenboek, defines trombone: “Trombone: (a wind instrument known by that name), being a kind of slide trumpet, which is being used at joyful occasions in churches, etc. and in Germany by the city musicians on towers” (Guion, Trombone 79).