[Trombone-l] extreeme high pitched vintage German trombone

[Tom Izzo]

--- dahmnoyes at tampabay.rr.com wrote:

> I recently purchased a G. Alexander (Mainz) trombone
> made supposedly in the 70's.  There is no tuning
> slide in either the bell section nor on the main
> slide.  Although this horn has one of the prettiest
> sounds that I've every experienced, it is extremely
> high pitched--so much so that the positions need to
> be played down one full position to get them in
> tune.  This leaves you with no 7th position, those
> notes almost being able to be played again in 1st. 
> My question to the list community is this: how can I
> salvage this horn?  I'm thinking of having a tuning
> slide built into the bell section, like most every
> other trombone has--but I'm afraid of messing with
> the taper that's helping to produce this sweet
> sound.  I'd really like to have someone customize a
> slide for this horn with a built in tuning
> slide...but I'm ignorant as to who could do such a
> thing for a decent price.  Any thoughts?
> ______________________________________________

I don't own an Alex, but.......... I have several
other German Trbs, that have what the Trumpet players
call "tuneable bells". Where your bell section
connects to the slide section, is there a knurled knob
(as in American Trbs), or a wing nut?
My German Trbs (Thein & Meinlschmidt) both have the
wing nut variety. The wing nut tightens around a
longish connecting "pipe". This is the tuning "slide"
as it were. My Bb Thein can tune a full tone lower to
Ab, The Meinl is in C & can be pulled to nearly Bb.

Tom

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Tom Izzo
Principal Trombonist, Bristol Renaissance Faire;
Bass Trombonist, West Suburban Symphony Orchestra;
Founding Director, The Naperville Area Trombone Ensemble;
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