[Trombone-l] extreeme high pitched vintage German trombone

[Dennis Clason]

I can't speak to Alex 'bones, but the tuba player in a quintet I played 
in for 3 years had a five-valve Alex CC.  The sound of the tuba was 
wonderful, but the pitch was atrocious.  He was constantly pulling 
slides, pushing slides, using alternate fingerings, etc.  He was moving 
slides to the point that I asked him after a wedding gig which of us was 
the trombonist.  He finally got an Elliot mouthpiece with several 
backbores and cups.  When he found the right mouthpiece for him and the 
horn, everything was fine.  The partials lined up in the usual way (E 
was flat, a bit, G was almost spot-on, C's were bang on).

He sold the Alex about a year later in favor of a Saunders CC.  I never 
understood that -- all that work and expense to get the Alex to play to 
its potential, then -- Poof!  sell it.

Dennis