1920

Daubeny, in his book, Orchestral Wind Instruments, comments on current playing styles and equipment (at least in England): “After the periods of transition both in structural design and in playing through which the trombone has passed, it is interesting to observe the return to ancient standards that has come about during recent years. Tenor trombones are no longer made with large bores and wide, clumsy bells such as were often met with a few years ago, and which gave a tone quite foreign to the trumpet quality proper to the instrument; we have instead the small-bored, narrow-belled sixteenth century prototype up to date, and consequently that pure and refined timbre which makes us realize that the trombone is of the trumpet and not the cornet family (Daubeny 98).