[Trombone-l] 1938 Conn 70H slide too long...

[Price Taylor]

This thread leads me to believe that we must have shorter arms than we used
to! =)

Price



On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Sharman King <sharman at sharmanking.ca>wrote:

> No, the slide's not too long.
>
> All the other slides, and their respective cases are too short!
>
> Lets bring back good low Cs in flat seventh when we're tuned to play F
> in first. I love the old long slides and lament the new shorter ones.
>
> I guess I've become an official old curmudgeon!
>
> Sharman
> > Hi List,
> >
> > Long time no write. Long story, won't bore you. I just obtained a 1938
> Conn 70H in beautiful condition, but without a case. Soooo, would any of you
> out there just happen, by pure chance, to have an old 70H case you'd like to
> get rid of? Or failing that any old Conn bass trombone case that I might
> alterd to fit? Please let me know. And just so you know, I tried all of my
> Holton and Getzen cases -- Bell fits, but the slide is too long. Also, I
> could be persuaded to post an update on my Holton TR-180 project if anyone's
> interested. (Search "Holton TR-180" in the List's search bar to review my
> previous posts).
> >
> > Thanks all,
> >
> > Tim Stone
> > in B-Flat, F and D (finally)
> >
> >
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