[Trombone-l] "The Brace"

[Richardson, Timothy Mr. DAC USAG Franconia DPW]

I have not used The Brace but I have added A Brace to my Bach 42B.

It made it play like a straight tenor.  

Literally.

I put a small PVC brace just below the trigger.  It doesn't affect the sound
at all, but now I have a crossbar to rest on the hand like a straight tenor,
and it has made playing much more comfortable.  The normal trigger on the
42B forces you to suspend the horn with muscular tension instead of just
sitting on the hand.  It took about 5 minutes, a piece of scrap PVC pipe,
and a couple of cable ties looped through, so it is easily removable.   

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Levine [mailto:chardy2 at totcon.com] 
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 20:57
To: Trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
Subject: [Trombone-l] "The Brace"

For those of you that use or have used "The Brace", I'd like your opinions.

For those of you that have no idea what "The Brace" is, and would like to
know, look it up on: www.greenhoe.com

charlie