[Trombone-l] "bass" trombone from the 30's, 40's

[eliezer aharoni]

>When were the first single valve trombones introduced?

F attachments ("Quartventile") were introduced  in 1839 by C.F. Sattler in
Leipzig, Germany.
G bass trombone were English tradition - All continental Europe used the F
bass trombone
till then, with larger bore (oliveshooter?). That's why we have the B-F
glisses from Bartok.
>I would have thought that they were still using the old 'G' Bass
>Trombone with the handle - an oversized pea shooter.
>LJ
>
>t.stone at att.net wrote:
>
>>Kelly,
>>
>>Good advice from everyone. Also, go to Youtube.com and search "Count
>>Basie." There are a lot of great old videos of the Basie band from the
>>30s, 40s, 50s -- all the way up until after he passed away. You'll be
>>able to see and hear who was playing what in the bone section. Notice,
>>too, that often there were only three bones in the section. Also, if you
>>decide to use a "real" bass trombone, a single-valve, .562 bore would
>>probably more appropriate as a double-valve might be a bit too heavy.
>>
>>Tim
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Eliezer Aharoni
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