The cimbasso is a brass instrument in the trombone family, with a sound ranging from warm and mellow to dark and menacing. It has three to six piston or rotary valves, a predominantly cylindrical bore, and in its modern incarnation is most often pitched in F, though models are available in E♭, C, and occasionally B♭. It is in the same range as a tuba or a contrabass trombone. Technique on the cimbasso can be much quicker than the contrabass trombone due to its use of valves.