[Trombone-l] trombones and choral music

[Raymond Horton]

Not to mention nearly every community orchestra in the US in the 20s and 
30s - three straight tenors.  Check the photos!


RBH


Howard Weiner wrote:
> At 13:57 02.05.2007 -0700, thetubameister at adelphia.net wrote:
>
>   
>> Okay, I follow.  If one removes the assertion that the Bb bass was a 
>> wider bore, then the other "tenors" from that period differed in 
>> mouthpiece only, so I've technically seen several.  But I've heard 
>> reference to a larger bore instrument.  Am I messed up?
>>     
>
> No, I wouldn't say that. If you look, you'll undoubtedly find 
> larger-bore B-flat instruments somewhere. The nineteenth century was 
> a time of extensive experimentation and innovation in brass 
> instrument making. There is no reason to doubt that somebody 
> somewhere made larger-bore instruments, maybe even successfully, and 
> that somebody played on them.
>
> Something that occured to me just after I sent off my last post: A 
> good friend (and former teacher) of mine studied trombone in Vienna 
> in the late 1950s-early 1960s. He once told me that the trombonists 
> of the Vienna Phil back then all played on the same type of 
> instrument, the only difference being the mouthpieces. Just 40-50 years ago!
>
> Howard
>
>
> --
> Howard Weiner
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>
> Tosca jumped to a conclusion.  
>
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