[Trombone-l] Different trombones and different mpces...

[Walter Barrett]

On Mar 12, 2006, at 2:48 PM, Alby Tbone wrote:

> I also know a lot of people who prefer to use ALWAYS the same rim/ 
> cup sizes,
> even when switching between large and small shank.


I'm one of those types. When I started playing trombone, I was mostly  
playing bass trombone on a Schilke 60. Then, I started getting calls  
to play euph, tenor trombone, etc., so Scott Laskey (when he was  
still with Schilke) made me some mpces. for doubling that all have  
the 60 rim, but with different depth cups and backbores. It's  
definitely easier to make a small horn work with a big rim, than to  
try to use a small rim on a big horn. (Still, it may not be the way  
to go for everyone...) So, I use the 60 rim on everything, except on  
tuba, where I play on either a Bach 18 or Yamaha 67.


Walter Barrett

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will never change, no matter what the facts are."
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Alto, tenor, bass trombones
Bass trumpet, euphonium, tuba
Yamaha Artist/Clinician
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