[Trombone-l] Antique horns

[Ray Horton]

Wow.  Thanks for that.  


Ray


David Leep wrote:
> Adrian,  I think you are right about the one-valve-at-a-time, but notice
> that the branch paths at the valves appear to be not extensions but
> shortcuts -- that is why the the tubing goes twice through (once out from
> the mouthpiece, once back toward the bell) for only one set of valve crooks.
> (That puzzled me too at first.)  If I'm reading the picture right, the
> valves would represent positions 1 through 6 (and if for any reason more
> than one valve was pressed, only the lowest-numbered one would count) and
> all-valves-disengaged (I hesitate to call it the "open horn") would be 7th.
> What fun!
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Adrian Drover" <slide.rule at adiosmusic.com>
> To: "'Danner, Mearl'" <jmdanner at samford.edu>; "'trombone-l'"
> <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 1:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Antique horns
>
>
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>>     
>>> From: Danner, Mearl
>>>
>>> My favorite
>>>
>>> http://www.horncollector.com/Trombones/Mahillon/6%20Valve%20Mahillon.htm
>>>
>>> Wonder what was being smoked when this idea came up.
>>>       
>> Has anyone figured out how this system works?  The 2nd valve slide is
>>     
> longer
>   
>> than that of the 1st.  Likewise the 5th is longer than the 4th.  It would
>> seem that only one valve would be pressed at a time and that the 6 valves
>> represent positions 2 thru' 7 of the slide 'bone.  That seems to result in
>> an unnecessary amount of tubing, tho' it would compensate for the
>>     
> sharpness
>   
>> that results from pressing valves in combination.  It appears also that
>>     
> the
>   
>> tubing goes thru' the valve casing twice yet there is only one set of
>> extension tubing.  That doesn't make much sense to me.  But then I've
>>     
> *not*
>   
>> been smoking wacky baccy.
>>
>> A.
>>
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