[Trombone-l] Extra low valve settings

[Dennis Clason]

My bass has a screw-on bell, and I have both 9.5 and 10.5 inch flares 
for it.  Woodwind players hate the bigger bell, because it's more 
directional than the other.  I had one bassoonist ask me to go back to 
the smaller bell, because the big one gave him headaches.

Jeff Albert wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Ray Horton <rayhorton at insightbb.com> wrote:
>   He had a 10 1/2 bell Bach at
>   
>> that time, but did use the F and C valves.  He said you never use them
>> together.  I think the idea is to have the most open low C and B possible.
>>     
>
> Could have been 10.5 inch bell.  Whatever it was it was BIG.
>
>   
>> There are several players around with separate F and D valves for the same
>> purpose, (why not just stick with dependent valves?)
>>     
>
> I guess the idea is that blowing through one valve is better than
> blowing through two.  Of course, I play dependent valves, so what
> would I know.  ;)
>
> Jeff
>   

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Dennis L. Clason, Ph.D.
University Statistics Center
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico