[Trombone-l] Antique horns

[Howard Spindel]

Adolphe Shires (great-great-great grandfather of you-know-who) made 
removable bells for this in yellow, gold, and red brass with multiple 
tapers and weights.  Mixing and matching, you had 189 different 
combinations.  Finding the right combination involved an arduous 
week-long horseback ride to the factory, and three weeks of testing.

It's said that Mr. Shires made a second fortune in brass polish.

HS

At 08:04 PM 2/14/2009, Ray Horton wrote:
>Excellent question!  I wonder if H&B ever made anything for this horn?
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>RBH
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>   Stephen Troy wrote:
> >  >Here is a much more extreme example of the same idea:
> > 
>   ><<http://ms19.lnh.mail.rcn.net/wm/eml//wm/mail/fetch.html?urlid=4b6e0d3f31297596a61f69c064563762d&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fcelesteh%2F350875811%2F>http://flickr.com/photos/celesteh/350875811/> 
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> >  >Try one of those at your next gig.
> >  >Raymond Horton
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> > OK, what do you do if the part you're playing suddenly says "con sordine?"
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