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Saturday Morning Car Tunes: The Trombone

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It’s bad to the bone… the trom bone! This bass brass instrument has been sliding into the DMs of orchestras and bands since the 1400s.

Saturday Morning Car Tunes: The Trombone

Catch Saturday Morning Car Tunes on the radio Saturdays at 8:15am and 3:15pm. Solomon Reynolds tosses you inside the orchestra pit for a deep dive into classical music and orchestral instruments.

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