He wanted an instrument he could hoist.
Gustav Holst played the violin and trombone
he played the piano and Trombone.
Yes he played the piano and the trombone. He was for a time a professional trombone player.
Gustav Holst was taught to play the violin and piano. But, he was a frail child. His father encouraged him to learn to play the trombone, believing it would improve his son's asthma.Eventually, he gave up the piano due to a nerve condition in his right hand. From that point, he concentrated on the trombone and, of course, composing.Ref:Michael Short, Gustav Holst: The Man and his MusicOxford: Oxford University Press, 1990
no, he played the trombone.
The trombone and piano are both non-transposing instruments, so the trombone can read and play piano music as written. That said, if the piano part is too high or low, it will need to be raised or lowered to fit the trombone's range.
the piano
drum and piano
Yes, the piano.
Unless he can and has never said publicly, No he cannot. He can play the piano though.
The drums, piano, trumpet, trombone and the bass guitar
It depends entirely if you are a brass band trombonist in B flat, or an orchestral trombonist in C!! Brass band - if you play a C on your trombone, the same pitch is a Bflat on the piano - 3 semitones lower Orchestra - the trombone and the piano are in the same pitch. It all depends on which notes you call you're slide positions on the trombone