[Trombone-l] King Duo Gravis Conversion

[Eric Edwards]

No no no,  it's not sacrilegious!
It's making the horn comfortable to hold & play!

I think that's more important than keeping something "factory fresh".

I doubt changing the lever arrangement will negatively affect the price if
Earl was ever to try to sell it.

Just my  $1.50's worth.

Eric


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but... but... that's almost sacrilegious!
Earl... old? I'm wondering if mine is the oldest on the list (1968-9)
BTW... I was at some kind of function about 10 years ago, and I saw  a
Duo Gravis with the middle finger set-up. He told me that it came that
way????

Ed


Earl Needham wrote:

>At 23:38 10/25/2007, William Huber wrote:
>
>
>>Dear List,
>>
>>    Has anyone had experience converting the side-by-side thumb
>>triggers on a King Duo Gravis to a more modern set up, with the thumb
>>operating the first valve and the middle or ring finger operating the
>>second valve? I'm trying to avoid being "all thumbs" when playing in
>>the low end of the instrument, and reworking the mechanism might help
>>me...  :-)
>>
>>
>
>         I've daydreamed of doing just this for some years, but I
>always chicken out, as I want mine, as old as it is (1976), to be
>"factory original".
>
>         Earl
>
>KD5XB -- Earl Needham
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