1914—England

Cecil Forsyth says the following about bass trombone and contrabass trombone in his orchestration text: “…our G-instrument—already, perhaps, the most tiring instrument to play in the orchestra—is much more manageable than the continental F-Trombone. This somewhat counterbalances its obvious disadvantages when required to ‘cry out from the depths’” (Forsyth 140). ”With regard to the Double-Bass-Trombone, it may be questioned whether in its manufacture the limits of human lungs and lips have not been overstepped. The difficulties of adequate tone-production, to say nothing of execution, are terrific” (Forsyth 143).