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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.

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.

Missed it on air? Check out the full episode below:

Saturday Morning Car Tunes Trombone

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