As mentioned elsewhere the Sackbut/sackbutt/sagbutt etc. is a predecessor to the trombone. All of these sound infinitely better than that atrocity. I know I'm s

As mentioned elsewhere the Sackbut/sackbutt/sagbutt etc. is a predecessor to the trombone. All of these sound infinitely better than that atrocity. I know I'm supposed to be impressed at a pioneering effort and all that, but damn, modern instruments sound unbelievably good. The timbre is better than any time in history, the quality of a modern pro instrument is usually infinitely higher than on most older ones, and intonation is way easier to get right these days. I know, I know, downvote me. But if you people had to be stuck on a desert island with a recording of that thing vs Tommy Dorse or Melba Liston or J.J. Johnson, you know which one you'd choose, and it's not the "electronic sackbut".