[Trombone-l] Always good to check out the horn a head of time

[Ray Horton]

I play a 16-foot hose all the time at educational brass ensemble 
concerts.  Same range as a C-basso natural horn.  I also made one out of 
2 long pieces of PVC tubing, plays about the same, maybe a little 
crisper sound, but harder to transport.


Raymond Horton
Louisville Orchestra 


Ann E. Argodale wrote:
> I used to know a trumpet player in Tulsa, Ok, who would play jazz with a trumpet mouthpiece on a 9' hose-a-phone.  He would play in the trumpet range, thus having a diatonic, and then a chromatic scale.  
>
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> Ann E. Argodale 
> Musician 
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> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "John Burton" <John.Burton at JohnBurton.org> 
>
>   
>> There've been several times when I've taken a 9 foot length of hose with a good 
>> old kitchen funnel attached to one end and a Bach 1 1/2G on the other end. You 
>> can REALLY sharpen your chops on a long road trip that way. It doesn't make a 
>> lot of sound, but you can work on lip trills and basic wind management. 
>>
>> I suppose that I've collected one or two odd looks from the local constable, but 
>> never anything that I regretted. 
>>
>> I know one guy that has a length of hose coiled up under the front seat of his 
>> car, he 'practices' on nearly any long haul. 
>>
>> Naturally, your mileage may vary 
>>
>> ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= 
>>
>> john burton 
>> Bach 50B3 Bass Trombone 
>> Kanawha Valley Community Band / Slide-by-Slide 
>> South Charleston, West Virginia 
>>
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>> From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu on behalf of Adrian Drover 
>> Sent: Fri 10/31/2008 4:29 AM 
>> To: contrabasstrombone at yahoo.com; Trombone-l at samford.edu; 'David Guion' 
>> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Always good to check out the horn a head of time 
>>
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>>     
>>> From: Tom Izzo 
>>>
>>> No fair, David. 
>>> Dennis Brain got great sound & intonation on all partials with a garden 
>>> hose! 
>>>       
>> Yes, can't see the sense in buying expensive instruments. Use a hose, Jose. 
>>
>> A. 
>>
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