I guess it's some type of trombone, but I can't find its correct name anywhere.
P.S. If you're wondering, here's where I got this shot from:
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This is apparently called a contrabass valve trombone, or sometimes a cimbasso if I am correct.
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2Any particular composer or period of music history it was favoured by/in? – Tim Sep 13 '21 at 11:12
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2@Tim Maybe a good new question ;) ? – Tom Sep 13 '21 at 11:27
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5@Tim: probably Wagner – Albrecht Hügli Sep 13 '21 at 13:46
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Interesting, it appears to have rotary valves like a French horn instead of piston valves like regular valve trombones. – John Belzaguy Sep 13 '21 at 14:53
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@johnbelzaguy Might actually be the difference between the CVT and the cimbasso! – Tom Sep 13 '21 at 14:57
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The [Wikipedia article on "types of trombone"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_trombone#Cimbasso) has more information for the curious. – Michael Seifert Sep 13 '21 at 15:16
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@Tim I forgot to include the link to the wiki article with more info, Michael Siefert put it in. Seems like the shape is the main difference (if you trust wiki). The two have the same range ans can have either piston or rotary valves. Apparently Verdi didn’t dig the tuba, lol. – John Belzaguy Sep 13 '21 at 15:19
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@JohnBelzaguy For that matter, there are piston-valved French horns too. – Carl Witthoft Sep 13 '21 at 16:16
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@CarlWitthoft yes I’m aware. The rotary valves on the cimbasso just caught my eye so I commented on it. – John Belzaguy Sep 13 '21 at 16:35
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This is a cimbasso (a valve contrabass trombone). The instrument is mainly used in Verdi's operas (and one opera each by Bellini and Puccini). The modern instrument has six rotary valves and is normally pitched in F, but there are also instruments in B-flat (a fifth lower). Both instruments can be heard here (the low B-flat is the one with the smaller bell, lower right):
Mattis Cederberg of the West German Radio Big Band uses a cimbasso for jazz:
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Interesting that it's used in both *Nabucco* and *Norma*, so I may have heard one twice without knowing it. – Theodore Jan 20 '22 at 22:18
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The instrument shown is called a cimbasso, an instrument basically created by Verdi as something similar to the contrabass trombone. It's pretty rare!
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1Glad to see you're getting active on the site. Since your answer here duplicates the ones already given, just a reminder/suggestion to read the other posts first. What's unique here is your comment that Verdi invented the instrument. If that can be documented, it would add something unique not in the other answers. – Aaron Jan 20 '22 at 04:10
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@Aaron From the Wikipedia article referenced from my answer: "Verdi ... developed an instrument with the firm Pelitti" – PiedPiper Jan 20 '22 at 13:20