[Trombone-l] Trombone-l Digest, Vol 43, Issue 3

[Gary Sloane]

In the .508" range -- King 3B, Bach 16 -- 
I prefer the Conn 32H, which at .500/.522 
preserves some of the feeling and flexibility 
you get with a 2B but with a bigger sound. 

Some people sound great on a 3B, but I find 
a lot of 3Bs to be wildly out of tune, way 
flat on D above the staff, way sharp on F.
Playing my 2B Silvertone and 3B SilverSonic 
side by side, I always prefer the 2B.

Compared to the Kings, the 32H slots better, 
i.e. more positively, at the higher partials. 
It's also more nearly in tune across the interval 
series.

And yes, I do have a couple of extra ones (I 
have four, my wife says I only need two).

But if I lived close to Boston and had the 
bucks, I'd take Jeff Albert's advice and go 
have Steve Shires make a custom horn for me.
... maybe a .500/.508 or .500/.525 dual-bore 
with a 7 3/4" rose brass bell, but "to each 
his own".

Also very good in this size range and much 
less expensive: the Kanstul 760 (.500/.530, 
8" bell and a very good F-attachment).

Have fun shopping,

Gary




From:	"Samuel Keyser" <keyser at MIT.EDU>
Subject:	[Trombone-l] Advice
Date:	Sun, 3 Aug 2008 10:51:37 -0400
To:	"Trombone-L" <trombone-l at samford.edu>

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Dear Listers,

I would like to add another trombone to my meager
collection of two, a
  
Yamaha tenor YSL-547 bore and a King 2B.  I should say
at the outset  
that I play dixieland, swing and avant garde jazz. I
am not a  
classical player.  I use the King 2B for the dixieland
gigs and the  
Yamaha for the orchestral work.

What I am looking for is a trombone which is
relatively stable in the  
A and Ab range above the staff.   I find that both of
the above horns  
fight me a little in that range.

About a year ago I had occasion to try a King 3B.  I
liked it very  
much.  It seemed a nice compromise between the Yamaha
and the King  
2B.  A classical friend and trombone player told me
that with respect  
to the K3B's, much depends on when it was made.

So I am asking the list what their views are,
including  
recommendations for other horns that I ought to look
at.  My friend  
plays a Shire's that she is very, very happy with by
the way.

Thank you for whatever advice you can offer.

Jay