The buccin, or buccin à tête de serpent, is a visually distinctive trombone popularized in military bands in France between 1810 and 1845 which subsequently faded into obscurity.

2017年1月20日 · First of all, the seven positions of the modern trombone are rather flexible on the buccin. The zoomorphic bell does quite a job of disrupting the smooth flow of air through the instrument. So one must make significant adjustments with the slide to get many notes in tune.

2009年11月21日 · In the early nineteenth century, some French and Belgian instrument makers manufacturered a fanciful adaptation of the trombone known as the buccin. In place of the standard bell section, it had a widely curving tube ending with a …

Tenor trombone (buccin), made by Jean Baptiste Tabard, France (Lyon), about 1830 (17.2012) Excerpt from Solemn Mass (Messe solennelle) 1824, by Hector Berlioz: performed by Douglas Yeo...more

The sound of the buccin is something of a cross between a trombone and a French horn. At soft volumes it has a very warm, delicate sound because the bell is made of hammered tin or very thin brass.

Tenor trombone in B-flat (high pitch). Brass. Dual bore type. No tuning slide. The instrument is constructed like an ordinary slide trombone, but the bell branch is …

2010年2月14日 · This one, a print from France’s L’Illustration, features a buccin, or trombone with a bell in the shape of a dragon head (see 1873, below). The instrument apparently saw its creation and heyday in the 19th century ( 1st half, 2nd half ), fizzling out in the 20th century.

The buccin, or buccin à tête de serpent, is a visually distinctive trombone popularized in military bands in France between 1810 and 1845 which subsequently fad...

2021年9月18日 · Trombones with a bell terminating in a stylized zoomorphic serpent head, visually appealed to the crowds as the band members passed by. This buccin is missing the slide, which is often lost. The two heads retain their original hand-painted colors of …

2016年4月11日 · 1884—Paris, France: Gustave Chouquet’s catalog of holdings of the Paris Conservatory includes a print of a buccin, or trombone with dragon-head bell (see below image; public domain) (Chouquet 161).