[Trombone-l] Bass Trumpets

[Tom Izzo]

Steve and all,


Tom Izzo
Principal Trombonist, Bristol Renaissance Faire;
Bass Trombonist, West Suburban Symphony Orchestra;
Founding Director, The Naperville Area Trombone Ensemble;
Alto/Tenor/Bass/Contrabass Trombones, Tubas, Euphonium, Bass Trumpet, Electric Bass, Timpani & Percussion.
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--- On Mon, 6/9/08, Steve Gamble <sgamble at tucsonsymphony.org> wrote:

> From: Steve Gamble <sgamble at tucsonsymphony.org>
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Bass Trumpets
> To: "Trombone-L Trombone" <trombone-l at samford.edu>
> Date: Monday, June 9, 2008, 11:08 AM
> Not to be a wet blanket...I bought a Getzen bass trumpet
> because I had heard good things about the brand.  Hoping to
> get lucky buying on line, I ordered one.  It did have a
> beautiful sound and good intonation, but I couldn't get
> a decent ff, and the upper register was pretty stuffy.  I
> sold it.  Obviously, I should have been more selective.
> 
>  

Keep in mind, also, it IS a Trumpet, afterall.
While freeblowing would be nice, it is NOT a Trombone.
Those who do not do a lot of doubling (Trumpet & Trombone in particular), don't realize that there are different characteristics between the two.
If there weren't, then Valved Trombones would be the same as Bass Trumpets, which, of course, they're not.
Techically, the instrument to which we are all referring, myself included, is really a Tenor Trumpet, a true Bass Trumpet (like a "True" Bass Trombone) would be pitched in F, but like the Clarinet family, Trumpets no longer have "Tenor" in its family "vocabulary".

Tom
(owner of Tenor/Bass Trumpets & Cornets in addition to all Trombones)


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu
> [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu] On Behalf Of Ray
> Horton
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 5:56 PM
> To: Trombone-L Trombone
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Bass Trumpets
> 
>  
> 
> When we did the Janacek Sinfonietta a couple of years ago,
> we rented two 
> 
> bass trumpets from the Cincinnati Symphony,  They sent a
> new Getzen and 
> 
> an old Holton.  The latter they evidently use only when
> they need two.  
> 
> I tried both and chose the Getzen - It is is larger bore
> and plays with 
> 
> a nice sound and has good intonation.  I have played a Bach
> in the past 
> 
> - I think I would give the nod to the Getzen.  We also
> played Wagner: 
> 
> Act 1 of Die Walküre and Dr Brett Shuster  of the U of
> Louisville played 
> 
> the same Cincinnati Getzen.  Brett got the most gorgeous
> sound I have 
> 
> ever heard on a bass trumpet!  (I vowed to not play the
> thing again 
> 
> after that!)
> 
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> 
> Raymond Horton
> 
> Louisville Orchestra
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> > 
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> > 
> 
> > On Jun 8, 2008, at 6:06 PM, ALEX ILES wrote:
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> > 
> 
> > I am in the market for a bass trumpet and I am taking
> an informal
> 
> > survey.
> 
> > 
> 
> > What brands do you all prefer?
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> > 
> 
> > Rotary vs. piston?
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> > 
> 
> > C vs. Bb?
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> > On or off-list responses are welcome...
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> > 
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> > Thanks,
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> > 
> 
> > Alex Iles
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