[Trombone-l] alto trombone was Re: WBEZ-CHICAGO PLANS TO PHASE OUTMUSIC

[Pieter Bos]

If you live in America, might be hard to get. If you live in Europe, several 
(at least online, should be normal too!) shops in Europe. I've seen the 
Stagg tenors in normal stores, which usually sell guitars and drums. I 
bought mine from a german online shop, which i currently can't find - would 
have to look at the invoice.

Pieter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Burton" <John.Burton at JohnBurton.org>
To: "Pieter Bos" <bos.pieter at gmail.com>
Cc: "Trombone List (trombone-l at maillists.samford.edu)" 
<TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 8:07 PM
Subject: RE: [Trombone-l] alto trombone was Re: WBEZ-CHICAGO PLANS TO PHASE 
OUTMUSIC


Where'd you buy yours, Pieter?

Seems the only place I've found either Selman or Stagg is e-bay ...

On the main these look like what I'm wanting tho...

~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=

john burton
Bach 50B3
Bass Trombone, Charleston NeoPhonic Orchestra
South Charleston, West Virginia



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pieter Bos [mailto:bos.pieter at gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 5:00 AM
> To: Jeff Albert; John Burton; TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] alto trombone was Re: WBEZ-CHICAGO
> PLANS TO PHASE OUTMUSIC
>
> I bought one of those Selman altos. Although this one is
> branded Stagg, comes with a full year of warranty and can be
> bought in normal shops, it's exactly the same instrument. It
> plays ok, comes with a really nice and light case, very
> shallow very wide mouthpiece, small cleaning cloth and cheap
> white gloves (?!?). Slide was scratchy at first. Turned out
> it needs a cleaning rod, an old shirt, some brasso and a bit
> of your time and it should work fine. Tuning slide is a bit
> loose, but hetman ultra slide grease fixed that. Others have
> had comparable results. The removable leadpipe can be
> replaced by those that fit the Kuehnl and Hoyer Slokar, if
> you would want to. Apparently, this improves it a bit, but it
> also costs nearly as much as the entire instrument. The
> entire instrument is a copy of this Slokar model.
> The case is an adapted copy of a BAM classic, the case for
> the Selmans apparently is some other design than mine, a full
> hard case while mine is mainly styrofoam with cloth (and
> perhaps some very light wood, no way to tell really).
>
> Buying a mouthpiece for this thing is strange - you're
> putting one third of the worth of your instrument in a mouthpiece!
>
> I had the change to compare it with a Laetsch, which costed
> over ten times as much. The Laetzsch clearly responded better
> and had a better sound, with about the same degree of but
> quite different intonation issues. But you can buy ten of
> these inexpensive ones for just one Laetzsch!
>
> Overall, i certainly don't regret my purchase, nice little
> horn to learn to play alto trombone on and it sounds quite
> good. I'd stay away from the nickel plated one though. If
> it's not lacquered, you might develop a nickel allergy from
> playing it often - that's best avoided!
>
> Pieter
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Albert" <jeff at jeffalbert.com>
> To: "John Burton" <John.Burton at JohnBurton.org>
> Cc: <TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu>
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 7:21 PM
> Subject: [Trombone-l] alto trombone was Re: WBEZ-CHICAGO
> PLANS TO PHASE OUTMUSIC
>
>
> > John,
> >
> > I have a Weril alto that is quite good for the money, no Bb
> > attachment though.  It is a tuning in the hand slide
> instrument.  I
> > think they are about $800 new.  I never play mine and would be
> > willing to sell it.  make an offer if it interests you.
> >
> > jeff
> >
> > www.jeffalbert.com
> > (225) 303-6226
> >
> >
> >
> > On Apr 14, 2006, at 11:33 AM, John Burton wrote:
> >
> >> This is a somewhat odd request, but I seem to recall
> someone on- list
> >> bought one of those "Selman" alto trombones a while back.
> >>
> >> What was the result on that?
> >>
> >> I'm looking for a low-cost alto trombone, would like one w/Bb
> >> attachment, but I'm not picky.
> >>
> >> Reason for this is for the trombone ensemble, I'd like to
> bring it
> >> in "just in case".  I'm sticking to my Contra and Bach 50B3 in the
> >> ensemble, but I know others who might like to pick it up
> and play it.
> >>
> >> I'm not willing to commit $1500 to a trombone that's less
> likely to
> >> be played than my soprano trombone, but I'd still like to have an
> >> alto around for when needed.
> >>
> >> Ideas?
> >>
> >> ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=
> >> john burton
> >> Bach 50B3
> >> Bass Trombone, Charleston NeoPhonic Orchestra South
> Charleston, West
> >> Virginia
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >>
> >> From: trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu on behalf of Chris
> >> Tune
> >> Sent: Fri 4/14/2006 1:50 AM
> >> To: George Carr; thetubameister at adelphia.net
> >> Cc: trombone-l at server5.samford.edu; tjonz42 at yahoo.com
> >> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] WBEZ-CHICAGO PLANS TO PHASE OUT MUSIC
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Well. . yes.  But there were only two people at the time.
> Adam and  Eve.
> >> And no doors anyway. . .
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "George Carr" <georgecarr at gmail.com>
> >> To: <thetubameister at adelphia.net>
> >> Cc: <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>; <tjonz42 at yahoo.com>
> >> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 11:21 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] WBEZ-CHICAGO PLANS TO PHASE OUT MUSIC
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 4/13/06, thetubameister at adelphia.net
> >>> <thetubameister at adelphia.net>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> Too true - a decline in basic civility.  And it is
> equally true  in
> >>>> art as well.
> >>>
> >>> Just exactly when was this Golden Age when 'basic civility' was
> >>> commonplace and rarely ignored?  I seem to have read about people
> >>> complaining about the decline of civilization since ...
> civilization
> >>> started.  Was there really some actual time/place when everybody
> >>> held open each other's doors and smiled warmly at each
> other all the time?
> >>>
> >>> Just trying to keep things in persepctive ...
> >>>
> >>> George
> >>>
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