[Trombone-l] Selman alto leadpipes

[philbne@aol.com]

 Shoot him an email about it. He calls it a Staufer line leadpipe and hadn't set the price when he sent it to me. Probably why it's not on the website yet. 

PK 


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Howard Spindel <howard at sci1.com>
To: Trombone-l at samford.edu
Sent: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:58 am
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Selman alto leadpipes










Which leadpipe did you buy, and how much was it?

I don't see it on Hornguy's website.

Howard

At 12:08 AM 2/21/2009, philbne at aol.com wrote:

>  I recently picked a new leadpipe for the Selman alto from Steve 
> Ferguson (Horn Guys). He's now selling them as an improvement over 
> the stock leadpipe in the horn. He's right on the money with this 
> leadpipe. It really helps the overall response while fixing some of 
> the stuffiness in the 7th partial. I compared it to the stock pipe 
> using the same mouthpiece and the horn tends to be darker in tone. 
> If you're looking to brighten up the sound, then this might not be 
> the direction you want to go.
>I played the whole setup recently on a Schuman symphony with 
>pleasing results. The blend with the tenor and bass was excellent. 
>With the new pipe, you're still not out even $500 bucks. I've played 
>the K&H Slokar at the NAMM show and at Steve's. You can't discount 
>this horns abilities in comparison.??



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