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

[Eric & Candice Swanson]

t.stone at att.net wrote:

>....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 ..... 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..... Have any of you had any experience with  the 1062FDR? Tell all about all of them....
>

Tim,

I favor a Bach 50B with Thayer valves.  That said, I have played a 
couple of Getzen 1062s that played very well.  If you haven't played 
in-line valves before, then you won't have any trouble with the fact 
that it is the dependent valve set-up.  Be aware that it is .562-.578" 
dual bore so it is big, but I didn't find it hard to play.  There is a 
model 1052 that is in-line valves and straight .562" bore so you might 
try one if you can get your hands on one.  I think Brasswind sells 
either for only $2500, so they are the cheapest American horns 
available.  Beats everything in the price range, I think.

If you like the 72H (once you get your problems worked out) you could 
add a second valve to it.  That would be far less than a new horn.  You 
could even put Thayer valves on the 72H and come out many hundreds less 
than any new horn.

I think Conn still has the 112H at a very reasonable price.  Some of 
them play pretty well.  If you can go up a notch in price, the new Conn 
62H plays very well.  The Kanstul is nice, as somebody said, but I think 
higher priced than the Conn.

Eric Swanson