[Trombone-l] trombones and choral music

Wed May 2 22:29:33 CDT 2007

There's no way to sound say this without sounding pompous, but I think I would notice a bore-size difference.  Just today, I say an instrument hanging in my shop (which was taken in on trade before I got there today) and I saw immediatly that while it LOOKED like a Bundy, something about the size of the slide tubes looked wrong.  Turned out to be a BACH TB 200.

In short, anything anomolous would stick out to my eye, I thin

J.c.S. 

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---- John Cather <John at CatherMusic.com> wrote: 
> You won't notice a physical difference. It's in Bore size and  
> mouthpiece mostly. For instance: the earliest trombone in existence  
> that I know of in the Neuchel (spelling?) from the early 1500's It is  
> pitched in Bb. All other tenor trombones of the period are pitched in  
> Bb (or thereabouts) and typically about .400" bore. This one is .500"  
> bore and came with a deep mouthpiece. Most believe it was played as a  
> bass because of this evidence.
> 
> The cool thing about this trombone is that it shows that they got the  
> ideal basic design of a Bb trombone right away. Perfect from the  
> beginning!
> 
> Cheers,
> John Cather
> 
> 
> > There's one question I have.  I can certainly buy that this part is  
> > perfectly playable without a valve, I have been studying the  
> > instruments themselves for years, have created for myself an imense  
> > digital archive, and I have never seen an extant period Bb Bass  
> > trombone.  The only thing close was an American 19th century  
> > Baritone Trombone in Bb.
> >
> > Where might I get the specs and perhaps a photo of something like  
> > this?
> >
> > J.c.S.
> 
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