Reproduction of historical trombones

Empa researchers are also involved in the "The Sound of Brass" project at Bern University of the Arts, where they have analyzed the material and the sound of the historical originals - and have already compared the results with the first replicas. The project aims to show how replicas can be produced that can compete with the historical instruments - or even surpass them in terms of sound.

Egger, the project's industrial partner, specializes in historically informed instrument making and wants to recreate the special "German Romantic trombone", which was played in the 19th century, particularly in German-speaking countries and to some extent also in Italy. Brahms, Schumann and Rossini may have written their compositions for these trombones, which contemporaries described as having a "fabulously mellow and full tone".

Full original article:
https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/romantic-replicas-eq66