cimbasso

{{Infobox instrument | name = Cimbasso | image = WANZ Instrument 2024-09 IMG 7815 (white crop).png | image_capt = A modern cimbasso in F | background = brass | classification = | hornbostel_sachs = 423.233.2 | hornbostel_sachs_desc = Valved aerophone sounded by lip vibration with cylindrical bore longer than 2 metres | developed = early 19th century, in Italian opera orchestras; modern design emerged mid 20th century | range =

{ \new Staff \with { \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } \clef bass \key c \major \cadenzaOn \arpeggioBracket 1 \arpeggio ^ \markup "early" \once \hide r1 \ottava #-1 \tweak font-size #-2 c,,1 \finger \markup \text "poss." ^ \markup "modern" \ottava #0 \arpeggioBracket 1 \arpeggio } The range of the early cimbasso (see serpent, ophicleide) and modern cimbasso in F | related = | musicians = | builders = | articles = }} The cimbasso ( , ) is a low brass instrument that covers the same range as a tuba or contrabass trombone. First appearing in Italy in the early 19th century as an upright serpent, the term cimbasso came to denote several instruments that could play the lowest brass part in 19th century Italian opera orchestras. The modern cimbasso design, first appearing as the in the 1880s, has four to six rotary valves (or occasionally piston valves), a forward-facing bell, and a predominantly cylindrical bore. These features lend its sound to the bass of the trombone family rather than the tuba, and its valves allow for more agility than a contrabass trombone. Like the modern contrabass trombone, it is most often pitched in F, although models are occasionally made in E♭ and low C or B♭.