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<blockquote data-quote="babomb" data-source="post: 3555031" data-attributes="member: 1316">I must say this idea of a trombone bard intrigues me. However, I must agree with previous posters that the brass is simply to soft to stand up to the rigors of adventuring, combat or no. It's pretty easy to dent, and a good dent in the slide makes it pretty worthless. Clearly, a combat trombone would have to be made of a heartier stuff like steel or--dare I dream?--mithril or adamantine, and probably a bit thicker for good measure. But then you can hit and trip people with it in combat, perhaps. (Just don't try to fire something out of it; it won't work.) The only problems are the bulk, anachronism, and inability to sing at the same time.Alto trombones (The most common type of trombone is a tenor.) were at one time fairly common, but not so anymore.Soprano trombones (or slide cornets) are more of a novelty than anything else. They are about the size of a cornet and have a similar range. The sound is a little brighter than a tenor trombone. They aren't used much because a cornet will do just as well.I have heard of but never seen the even smaller sopranino and piccolo trombones,</blockquote>

[QUOTE="babomb, post: 3555031, member: 1316"] I must say this idea of a trombone bard intrigues me. However, I must agree with previous posters that the brass is simply to soft to stand up to the rigors of adventuring, combat or no. It's pretty easy to dent, and a good dent in the slide makes it pretty worthless. Clearly, a combat trombone would have to be made of a heartier stuff like steel or--dare I dream?--mithril or adamantine, and probably a bit thicker for good measure. But then you can hit and trip people with it in combat, perhaps. (Just don't try to fire something out of it; it won't work.) The only problems are the bulk, anachronism, and inability to sing at the same time. Alto trombones (The most common type of trombone is a tenor.) were at one time fairly common, but not so anymore. Soprano trombones (or slide cornets) are more of a novelty than anything else. They are about the size of a cornet and have a similar range. The sound is a little brighter than a tenor trombone. They aren't used much because a cornet will do just as well. I have heard of but never seen the even smaller sopranino and piccolo trombones, [/QUOTE]

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