[Dixielandjazz] Bolden Photo

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Dave Stoddard wrote:

> Please notice that Willie Cornish is holding a 
> valve trombone.  That means that valve trombones 
> have been around as long as there has been jazz.

They've been around longer than that.  I know that valve trombones are
extant from the 1870's, and probably earlier....

Jim O'Briant
Tuba, Trombone, Valve Trombone, etc...
Gilroy, CA