[Trombone-l] bent bells was Re: Leaving a horn on its stand

[Jeff Albert]

Phil Ranelin has played a bent bell horn at points in time.

Jeff

On 7/3/06, Stan Brager <sbrager at socal.rr.com> wrote:
>
> On the positive side of leaving a horn on the stage, is the story of Dizzy
> Gillespie. He was playing at Birdland and had rented the place for an
> after-hours birthday party for his wife Lorraine. During the evening, Diz
> had to return home to do something. When he returned, he found that
> somehow
> the stand had been knocked down and the bell had been bent. It played OK
> and
> later determined that he liked the sound better with the bent bell. His
> subsequent trumpets were all manufactured with the bell pointed upwards at
> a
> 45 degree angle.
>
> Has any trombonist ever tried this approach? On purpose or on accident?
>
> Stan
> Stan Brager
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Izzo" <contrabasstrombone at yahoo.com>
> To: "Steve Carr" <stevencarr at comcast.net>; <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
> >
> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 8:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Leaving a horn on its stand
>
>
> >
> >
> > --- Steve Carr <stevencarr at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > > do you have one for Tom Izzo?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > hahahahahahahahahaha Thanks Steve,
> > Though I will freely admit, I do own a
> > "multi"-Trombone stand (holds 7 Trombones), & is
> > secure enough that even if only 1 Trombone as large as
> > a Contra is on the stand it will not topple, & it
> > still folds up.
> > But I do have to watch it when used in public as the
> > too-curious onlookers like to get too close to "see
> > how it works".
> >
> > But seriously, as a multi instrumentalist full time,
> > there are always at least 5-6 instruments on stands in
> > my house 24 hours a day.
> >
> > Back to the original poster's question, I agree with
> > Eric; you're going to leave one instrument on a stand
> > for longer than a couple of hours, esp in the warmer
> > months, put a rag/towel/cloth/etc on the stand
> > particularly if you have a softer support top.
> >
> > YMMV.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Richard E. Onofrey, Jr., CLU, ChFC, CFP"
> > > <REOnofreyJ at comcast.net>
> > > To: <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 9:11 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Leaving a horn on its
> > > stand
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I was also concerned about this, so I figured a
> > > solution to the problem.
> > > >
> > > > I have 3 trombones and a trombonium, and my wife
> > > was always concerned
> > > about
> > > > the number of cases and horns lying around (not to
> > > mention music, mutes,
> > > > stands, etc.).
> > > >
> > > > So I had a cabinet made for the storage of the
> > > horns.  The cabinet is
> > > about
> > > > 6 feet tall, 2.5 feet deep and about 3 feet wide.
> > > On one side of the
> > > > cabinet is a space large enough to store all three
> > > horns, and a music
> > > stand,
> > > > standing up.  Above that are shelves for the
> > > storage of music, mutes, etc.
> > > >
> > > > The other side of the cabinet has a permanently
> > > mounted trombone stand,
> > > with
> > > > enough room to put a trombone in and take it out.
> > > This setup guarantees
> > > > that the horn will be protected at all times - the
> > > stand cannot fall over.
> > > >
> > > > Finally, there was enough space at the top to put
> > > a shelf across the whole
> > > > cabinet for storage of my trombonium.
> > > >
> > > > It's a pretty neat piece of furniture!
> > > >
> > > > If anyone would like pictures, let me know.
> > > >
> > > > -Rick Onofrey
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Nick Mahon wrote:
> > > > > Now that it's summer and the horn usually stays
> > > in the practice room,
> > > > > I'm wondering if there would be negative effects
> > > to leaving it on a
> > > > > stand rather than putting it in the case every
> > > night.  I use it
> > > > > several times a day it it would be more
> > > convenient to leave it set up.
> > > > >
> > > > > Nick Mahon
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> > Tom Izzo
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