[Trombone-l] Finally!

[Patrick & Lisa Bates]

My old King Symphony came with a King M21 I play most of the time in my 3B.
If I have to play a lot of high hard stuff (Chicago, EWF, etc.) I switch to
a 12c (kelly plastic). Can't say much about the 2B, but I thought the 6 1/2
AL was too big for my 3B, so it doesn't surprize me that you find it big on
the 2B.
What King mouthpiece have you got?
Patrick
www.chathamconcertband.ca
www.niteflite4hire.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Earl Needham" <needhame1 at plateautel.net>
To: <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Finally!


> On the 8th, I wrote:
> > Finally!  After perhaps 30 years of wanting and looking, I have scored
> > an incredible acquisition -- a 1938 2B!  Just a matter of being in the
> > right place at the right time.  In other words, "even a blind squirrel
> > finds an acorn every once in a while"...
> >
> > Bell is silver-plated -- is that original??? And has a nice gold wash
> > inside the bell.
> >
> > It plays NICE.  Some small-bore trombones have to get into the high
> > register, and EXTREME high register to sing -- this one has a nice rich
> > tone all the way around -- high, low, and in between.  Now if only I
> > still had something going we would be in business -- I think I'm going
> > to have to take it with me in the 18-wheeler to get my chops going
> > again!  I played a little tonight and felt about as stiff as cardboard
> > -- I haven't even picked up a trombone for perhaps 10 months or more.
>
> Wow!  After 11 days, I can say that I am absolutely pleased with this
> horn.  Oh, I'm sure there are things that others might not like, but I
> don't get to play enough any more to even notice them, much less for
> them to bother me.
>
> On thing, though -- the ORIGINAL mouthpiece was included with the horn,
> and I have been playing on it most of the time.  It feels SMALL, though,
> and so I tried a Bach 6 1/2AL and a Griego 7 or some type -- both felt
> better, but the sound just seemed absolutely dull with either of them,
> so I went back to the original King mouthpiece -- the whole rig is out
> in the truck just now, or I would check and see just which King
> mouthpiece it is.
>
> Anyway -- I'm wondering what mouthpiece most people use on a 2B?  Both
> the Griego and the 6 1/2AL just seemed to be way, way too much for this
> small bore trombone.  Am I wrong, or perhaps confused because I haven't
> been playing enough the past few years?
>
> Thanks all,
> Earl
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