[Trombone-l] Contrabass Trombone?

[John Burton]

Phil...

When I went thru the same search a couple of years ago I found that an "F" contra was kinda like sticking a hoseclamp on my "F" trigger on my 50B3.  Didn't play any different, didn't give me much of a different sound, tho I could pull the Bb trigger on the F horn and found myself with a BBb horn.  

I broke down and found a Miraphone BBb and have loved it.  In my opinion the most difficult thing to get used to is the pitch you're expecting to hear when you play a given tone.  The BBb will sound an octave lower than the Bb you're used to hearing.  It takes some 15-20 minutes to get your brain used to listening for the *correct* overtones.

Since the MP is essentially the same as the Schilke 59 I play it wasn't a big switch.  I use a JKKBP 3B from The Hornguys (http://www.hornguys.com/tbnmps.htm#Josef%20Klier%20Mouthpieces).

Good luck and welcome to the VERY dark side... 


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john burton
Bach 50B3 Bass Trombone
Kanawha Valley Community Band / Slide-by-Slide
South Charleston, West Virginia

-----Original Message-----
From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu] On Behalf Of Philip Brink
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 9:19 AM
To: Trombone-L List
Subject: [Trombone-l] Contrabass Trombone?

Hey everybody:

I have been researching instruments, trying to locate an affordable contrabass trombone. It just occurred to me that one thing I have neglected to do was to put my search on the trombone-l... well, here it is: I am looking for a decent F contra [Yeah, Tom Izzo, I know, I know!]

My problem is that where I am living and working now, they are the next best thing to impossible to locate and try out. and the horns on sale on the Web cost about half a year's salay! I was hoping to find out about some obscure Chinese company making them, but no luck so far. [although I did play a Tianjin symphony tenor today that was quite respectable... at a little over... US$500! Imagine!] So, I am checking whether one or another of the listers has a used Alexander[Haag, Thein, Kanstul] or other that they are willing to part with. Let me know, OK?

basstrb3 at gmail.com
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Philip Brink
Instructor of Trombone
College of Music, Mahidol University
25/25 Phutthamonthon Sai 4
Salaya, Nakhonpathom 73170
Thailand
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