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

[eljaywhite@shaw.ca]

There is a fellow with one of the British Brass Bands, Glyn Williams, I 
think his name is who plays a special arrangement of My Grandfather's Clock.
Glyn is an excellent Euphonium player, but plays this arrangement on 
nearly every instrument in the band, and finishes playing on a hose!
Very clever, but the correct size (length) of hose I believe is required 
to get the proper pitch.
L  J

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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>From: "John Burton" <John.Burton at JohnBurton.org> 
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>>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. 
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>>I suppose that I've collected one or two odd looks from the local constable, but 
>>never anything that I regretted. 
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>>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. 
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>>Naturally, your mileage may vary 
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>>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 
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>>>No fair, David. 
>>>Dennis Brain got great sound & intonation on all partials with a garden 
>>>hose! 
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>>Yes, can't see the sense in buying expensive instruments. Use a hose, Jose. 
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>>A. 
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