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

[Dennis Clason]

Actually, if you get out a tape measure and approximate it, what Conn 
did was to shorten the bell loop and put an extra inch or so (it's been 
a while since I've done the measurement) into the slide.  This has some 
acoustic effects on the instrument, notably the length of tubing 
available for the bell flare.  Conn turned that bug into a feature by 
going to slide tuning and lengthening the bell flare, to something 
closer to ideal for an F trombone.  With slide tuning, you don't need 
the short cylindrical sections for the tuning slide.

Price Taylor wrote:
> 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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Dennis L. Clason, Ph.D.
University Statistics Center
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico