[Trombone-l] Trombone-l Digest, Vol 20, Issue 4

[Richardson, Timothy Mr. DAC USAG Franconia DPW]

If you want to use only one horn you should buy a medium bore.  I have heard
this recommended many times by people whose opinion is far more credible
than mine.

And yet, nobody does.  Pretty much everybody I play with does what I do:
own two horns, a big and a small.  

I conclude the medium may be betwixt and between; not quite big enough for
the dark large tenor sound, not quite small enough to cut like a small bore.


It still seems like it ought to work.  But it also seems that if it did,
more people would use it, and they don't. The trombone world has largely
voted with their chops, and not for the medium bore.    

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Kemp [mailto:trbnplyr at bellsouth.net] 
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Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Trombone-l Digest, Vol 20, Issue 4

In my experience, the medium bore tenor has gotten a bad rap. Depending on
the situation, I'd have absolutely no qualms playing on a Bach 36. However,
the majority of my playing is done on the 42 or 42B. The beautiful thing
about the large bore instruments is that they can be playing with a number
of different mouthpieces and still get a characteristic trombone sound. I,
unfortunately, have not had that experience with the medium bore tenor.