[Trombone-l] Don't pull your F slide out too far

[Tom Izzo]

Hi all,

--- thetubameister at adelphia.net wrote:

> Definitely Doug beat him to it.  And the constant
> bore design isn't original either.  Earl Williams
> and Olds figured that one out too.  Those patents
> were, however, quite interesting, and were exhibited
> at the 1994 ITA.  Hard to get used to, for sure.
> 
> As for the Eb valve and the constant bore, my latest
> small bas I built for myself has an Eb pull and a
> constant bore as well.
> 

If memory serves.............

Didn't Frank Sauer w/LAPO have a Bb/Eb tenor?
Not a longer pull, but an actual Eb valve rather than
F.

Tom

> 

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