[Trombone-l] Trombone-l Digest, Vol 33, Issue 5

Sun Oct 7 21:59:58 CDT 2007

On the number of instruments, I'll weigh in with the following:

Just for kicks, and as one more way to re-examine my life in general, here's
what I have.  I have been paid to play each of them in the past three years.
Here they are:

Bach 42B Gold brass bell and original valve with Shires lightweight nickel
long slide (slide a recent acquisition). The bell is 32 years old, the slide
is two months old;

Bach 36B Gold bell with regular slide, purchased 1982;

King 2B, vintage 1951, rebuilt by Terry Pierce;

Bach 39 Alto Trombone;

Edwards Bass trombone w/ two Thayer valves;

Bach bass trumpet (woof);

Willson 4 valve non-compensating euphonium.

Plus 40 mouthpieces

The horns I love to play are the Bach 42B with the new slide, and the King
2B.  The dog is the Bach bass trumpet.   For what it's worth.  Tom Olcott

On 10/5/07, trombone-l-request at maillists.samford.edu <
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>   1. Number of instruments.... (Mike Irwin)
>   2. Re: Number of instruments.... (Price Taylor)
>   3. Re: Number of instruments.... (Daryl Burch)
>   4. Re: Bach 50B3 Bass Trombone for sale - Brand      newinfactory
>      packagin (Richardson,     Timothy A Mr CIV USA IMCOM-Europe)
>   5. Re: Number of instruments.... (thetubameister at adelphia.net)
>   6. Re: Number of instruments.... (Daniel Pliskin)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Mike Irwin" <theimpalakid at gmail.com>
> To: trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 13:47:13 -0400
> Subject: [Trombone-l] Number of instruments....
> Resident lurker Mike Irwin here...
>
> I thought the dialog about how many trombones everyone had was funny.
>
> Why?
>
> Because I'm not even a trombone player, and I've got one tenor trombone; a
> student model Reynolds.
>
> I rescued it out of the trash behind a defunct music store, along with a
> significant number of empty clarinet, trumpet, and marching french horn
> cases.  Whoever threw it away must have thought the case was empty.
>
> Oh, and I also have:
>
> 2 flutes
> 1 cornet
> 1 trumpet
> 1 alto sax
> 2 recorders (wood/plastic)
> 1 mellphone
> 1 mellophonium
> 1 acoustic guitar
> 2 empty marching french horn cases (hey, they make great sawhorses LOL)
>
> ... I "think" that's all of them (for now).  I'm on the lookout for a
> flugabone/valve trombone/marching baritone cheap.
>
> Mike Irwin
> theimpalakid at gmail.com
> Lead (and only) cornet player, TBC Orchestra
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Price Taylor" <pricetaylor at comcast.net>
> To: <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 16:12:46 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Number of instruments....
> There's probably a number of bone players on the list that played that or
> a
> King Cleveland or Bundy in marching band (eons ago).
>
> You could turn in into a floor lamp, which Doug Yeo of the BSO did with
> one!
> Scroll all the way to the bottom.
>
> http://www.yeodoug.com/articles/trombone_gallery/trombone_gallery.html
>
> Price
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu
> [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Irwin
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 10:47 AM
> To: trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
> Subject: [Trombone-l] Number of instruments....
>
> Resident lurker Mike Irwin here...
>
> I thought the dialog about how many trombones everyone had was funny.
>
> Why?
>
> Because I'm not even a trombone player, and I've got one tenor trombone; a
> student model Reynolds.
>
> I rescued it out of the trash behind a defunct music store, along with a
> significant number of empty clarinet, trumpet, and marching french horn
> cases.  Whoever threw it away must have thought the case was empty.
>
> Oh, and I also have:
>
> 2 flutes
> 1 cornet
> 1 trumpet
> 1 alto sax
> 2 recorders (wood/plastic)
> 1 mellphone
> 1 mellophonium
> 1 acoustic guitar
> 2 empty marching french horn cases (hey, they make great sawhorses LOL)
>
> ... I "think" that's all of them (for now).  I'm on the lookout for a
> flugabone/valve trombone/marching baritone cheap.
>
> Mike Irwin
> theimpalakid at gmail.com
> Lead (and only) cornet player, TBC Orchestra
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Daryl Burch <daryl at burchinteractive.com>
> To: Price Taylor <pricetaylor at comcast.net>
> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 16:30:58 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Number of instruments....
> Hey! My Baldwin Special that I started on in 5th grade got me into
> college!
>
> OK, maybe it was the begging and the groveling.  But I did it with a
> Baldwin Special, by golly!
>
> Cheers!
> -D-
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>
> On Oct 4, 2007, at 4:12 PM, Price Taylor wrote:
>
> There's probably a number of bone players on the list that played
> that or a
> King Cleveland or Bundy in marching band (eons ago).
>
> You could turn in into a floor lamp, which Doug Yeo of the BSO did
> with one!
> Scroll all the way to the bottom.
>
> http://www.yeodoug.com/articles/trombone_gallery/trombone_gallery.html
>
> Price
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu
> [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu] On Behalf Of Mike
> Irwin
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 10:47 AM
> To: trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
> Subject: [Trombone-l] Number of instruments....
>
> Resident lurker Mike Irwin here...
>
> I thought the dialog about how many trombones everyone had was funny.
>
> Why?
>
> Because I'm not even a trombone player, and I've got one tenor
> trombone; a
> student model Reynolds.
>
> I rescued it out of the trash behind a defunct music store, along with a
> significant number of empty clarinet, trumpet, and marching french horn
> cases.  Whoever threw it away must have thought the case was empty.
>
> Oh, and I also have:
>
> 2 flutes
> 1 cornet
> 1 trumpet
> 1 alto sax
> 2 recorders (wood/plastic)
> 1 mellphone
> 1 mellophonium
> 1 acoustic guitar
> 2 empty marching french horn cases (hey, they make great sawhorses LOL)
>
> ... I "think" that's all of them (for now).  I'm on the lookout for a
> flugabone/valve trombone/marching baritone cheap.
>
> Mike Irwin
> theimpalakid at gmail.com
> Lead (and only) cornet player, TBC Orchestra
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> From: "Richardson, Timothy A Mr CIV USA IMCOM-Europe" <
> Timothy.A.Richardson at EUR.ARMY.MIL>
> To: "Daniel Pliskin" <daniel_pliskin at hotmail.com>, <
> trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:09:02 +0200
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Bach 50B3 Bass Trombone for sale - Brand
> newinfactory packagin
> When I went overseas and had a weight limit I sold everything and went
> down to one straight tenor which is all I play regularly.
>
> Oh wait, I still have the Bach 42B, just don't have any need to play it
> much.
>
> Come to think of it, there's a euph and mellophone in the attic.  Oh, and
> an old rotary valve Russian trumpet (awful construction, dunno how they ever
> made music on junk like that).  Hmmh, and a banjo and two guitars and three
> keyboards and recorders in every size (the Yamaha 300 series is really good
> value for the price), flute fife and pennywhistles, harmonicas, rhythm
> instruments, and and and............ and I'm not a collector, I keep the
> absolute minimum.  Trying to build an organ now, that's going to take some
> space.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Pliskin [mailto:daniel_pliskin at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 12:08 AM
> To: trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Bach 50B3 Bass Trombone for sale - Brand
> newinfactory packagin
>
>
> Don,
>
>
> >My quite reasonable wife
> >doesn't understand why I need 2 bass bones when I'm primarily a .500 bore
> >tenor player only doubling on my .547 once in a while these days and on
> the
> >bass even less.  So, I've decided since the Bach is the more expensive
> >horn, maybe I should sell it and recoup some of the other's cost.
>
>
> I have a modest 15 trombones.  Perhaps Tom and I could write a note to
> your
> wife, explaining why you "need" to have two bass trombones?
>
> DanP
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: <thetubameister at adelphia.net>
> To: Mike Irwin <theimpalakid at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 9:25:28 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Number of instruments....
> My pile is getting a little over-large again...
>
> Conn 16H Alto mimick
> J.W. Pepper "Surprise" High and Low Pitch
> Buescher Aristocrat (like a Bach Mercedes II)
> Conn 76H
> Bach 42B
> Custom King 5B+
> Conn 88H G Bass
> Conn 71H Bass
> Getzen 1062FDY
> Custom F/D/BBb Contra
> Reynolds Flugelbasstrumpebone
>
> It get's into a long list if I go all lowbrass...
>
> J.c.
>
> ---- Mike Irwin <theimpalakid at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Resident lurker Mike Irwin here...
> >
> > I thought the dialog about how many trombones everyone had was funny.
> >
> > Why?
> >
> > Because I'm not even a trombone player, and I've got one tenor trombone;
> a
> > student model Reynolds.
> >
> > I rescued it out of the trash behind a defunct music store, along with a
> > significant number of empty clarinet, trumpet, and marching french horn
> > cases.  Whoever threw it away must have thought the case was empty.
> >
> > Oh, and I also have:
> >
> > 2 flutes
> > 1 cornet
> > 1 trumpet
> > 1 alto sax
> > 2 recorders (wood/plastic)
> > 1 mellphone
> > 1 mellophonium
> > 1 acoustic guitar
> > 2 empty marching french horn cases (hey, they make great sawhorses LOL)
> >
> > ... I "think" that's all of them (for now).  I'm on the lookout for a
> > flugabone/valve trombone/marching baritone cheap.
> >
> > Mike Irwin
> > theimpalakid at gmail.com
> > Lead (and only) cornet player, TBC Orchestra
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Daniel Pliskin" <daniel_pliskin at hotmail.com>
> To:
> Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:58:09 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Number of instruments....
>
> Is it the clutter of all those instruments or the amount of money that
> those
> instruments represent?
>
> Now granted, I have as many trombones as I have because I love fixing up
> scrunched instruments.  I bought them pre-smashed, on ebay and fixed a lot
> of them up.  Some would make great beginners trombones, or marching
> trombones.  Some will never be worth playing, in my estimation.
>
> I keep threatening to use a few for hanging planters.
>
> But back to my point...they're all nicely stored in the basement, not
> cluttering the house.
>
> But I also have a nice oboe and very nice English horn.  They were
> expensive.  And they'd be history if my wife didn't like to hear me play
> them.
>
> DanP
>
> PS. several guitars, several guitar amplifiers, a banjo, an althorn, a
> couple of synthesizers and a Fender Rhodes.  I can't even lift the Rhodes
> or
> one of the amplifiers, any more.
>
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