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I had reported that mis-definition of the cimbasso earlier and did so again recently.
It is a NON-transposing instrument. They fixed it for sousaphone, but not yet for cimbasso.
The confusion arises because somebody saw "Cimbasso in Bb" or Eb or F or CC, just like tubas.
In this case, the definition simply refers to the fundamental pitch of the instrument, NOT a transposition
like "trumpet in D"
Played properly, a cimbasso does not mimic a tuba. The cimbasso is much more cylindrical
than the tuba and (usually) smaller bore. As a result, it has more bark or bite than the tuba
and blends much better with the trombones.
As to making money with it, there are about five people in the LA studios who play it as a second
or third instrument. Really, the best writing for the cimbasso is in movie music.

One more featuring cimbasso and contrabass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTDEVUlCClk

Since this thread appears to have become active again, here https://www.konserthuset.se/en/play/the ... trombones/ is a 6 minute educational video from the trombone section of the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra demonstrating various trombones. As well as tenor and bass trombones, we hear the contrabass briefly and see (but don't hear) the alto [EDIT: of course we do hear the alto in a couple of the trombone ensembles from which there are brief excerpts in the video: Beethoven eguale &c] - in this case it's an Eb/Bb alto, rather than a straight Eb, but it has the short Eb slide. Surrounding the players are also various other instruments they sometimes play in addition to regular trombones, such as bass trumpet, euphonium, sackbut &c, although we don't actually hear these. A couple of mutes are demonstrated as well.

I also have to admit that I always suspected a certain president to be a bassoonist in secret (sitting right in front of the trombone section).