[Trombone-l] Air Horn Symphony

[Earl Needham]

At 02:34 PM 3/27/2006, Lisa & Patrick Bates wrote:
>Earl, I used to have an old double bunk cabover KW that had the longest air
>horns I've ever seen, probably 4 feet with a 6" bell. Tuned a whole tone
>apart, don't remember teh pitch, sorry.

         If I'm not mistaken, those were probably Buell air horns -- take a 
look at http://www.marineparts.com/PARTSPAGES/Accessories/ACC7.HTM and see 
if the Buell "Classic" might be the ones you mean.  Occasionally, eBay has 
Buell Trombone air horns listed, but they look to be very old, possibly 
from the '50's or so.

>  Sold the truck and got off the road
>in '93, started playing bone again a few years later. If you're long haul,
>how do you stay in shape for the horn? Take it with you?

         Sad to report that I DON'T keep it up any more.  I occasionally 
pick up the horn and play a bit, but nowhere near as much as I'd like.

         Depressed,
         Earl


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