[Trombone-l] Another Selman query

[Eric & Candice Swanson]

Keith Marr wrote:

>During the discussion on the Selman Alto my attention was drawn to their big bore tenor. I'm intrigued at the idea of such a big tenor and thought it might do well as a bass in Beethoven et al.
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>Methinks it's the Slide Hampton effect, I understand he plays a 0.562 tenor.
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>Anyone tried one to see what they're like?
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Keith,

Everyone seems to agree that the slide on the alto is just OK.  Since 
the tenor slide will be almost twice as long, I would not expect it to 
be very good at all.

Eric Swanson