Trombone with round stays, 1770s, Rome Published January 24, 2015 at 316 × 575 in How the Trombone Cheated Death Copper engraving by Giovanni Volpato (Rome, 1774-77) of a painting by Giovanni da Udine (Vatican, 1517-19). His engravings are generally faithful to the original, but this trombone has 18th-century round stays. Continue reading →