[Trombone-l] 57 and Thinking About My First Double-Rotor Bass Trombone

[Delbert Pakiser]

Hi Tim,

In what area do you live?  

One idea would be to attend the International Trombone Festival in Utah next
spring, May 2008.  Every manufacture of great instruments will be there and
you can be a happy kid in a candy store for days.  Yes, you can try almost
every possible horn that is made.  

After you make your decision to go independent valves, there is a great new
book out that would help you greatly.  Blair Bollinger wrote this book, "You
have two valves, Use them!"  

I would like to recommend that you use a tuner to match the intonation for
the various positions for the same note.  Almost all notes will have two -
four positions for the same note.

Yes, there will be a challenge to the brain.  You're young!  GO FOR IT!!

Del
Bass Trombone
Denver, Colorado

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BassTrombone

Hi List,

I've been a dedicated single-rotor bass trombone guy for 45 years and have
resisted switching to a double-rotor horn  for a lot of reasons --
stuffiness, poor response in all ranges, especially the double-trigger
range, weight, and a whole host of other reasons. That is until now. For a
lot of reasons I'm taking a long, hard look at making the switch to a
double-rotor bass trombone, or at least adding one to my equipment arsenal,
and would like some input from all of you regarding this and the types of
moderately priced horns that might worth looking at, along with some details
about their playability if you wouldn't mind. For the last few weeks a tenor
player friend of mine I frequently play with was gracious enough to allow me
to borrow his Getzen 1062FDR to try for a while. It plays very well. Better
than I ever really expected, actually. It is similar on the F horn to the
Holton TR-169 I played for 40 years and traded for my current Elkhart Conn
72H (se e my recent post "
 Proble
m with my Elkhart Conn 72H") in 2004, but that's another story for another
time if anybody's interested. And the double-trigger notes pop out pretty
good I must say, and it doesn't seem all that heavy, even after a two-hour
rehearsal. Have any of you had any experience with  the 1062FDR? Tell all
about all of them. At 57 I'm new at all this and am anxious to learn!

Thanks,

Tim Stone
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