On "Voyager, " Vayenas takes a valve trombone solo that departs the Delta Quadrant, while drummer Kendrick Scott propels the ship through space.

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The tenor-bass trombone is approximately the size of a tenor trombone, but for notes in the low register the bass trombone register it has an extra length of coiled tubing that can be engaged by pressing a valve.

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