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

[Tom Izzo]

Hell, Ed,
Most of us are on our fingertips to get 7th on a tenor!!!! LOL
Realistically, remember the BBb (and CC) Contras are double slided (ex for one notable exception), so they ARE longer than any F instrument.
Tom


Tom Izzo
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--- On Wed, 2/25/09, emrose79 at sonic.net <emrose79 at sonic.net> wrote:

> From: emrose79 at sonic.net <emrose79 at sonic.net>
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] 1938 Conn 70H slide too long...
> To: "Trombone List" <trombone-l at samford.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 5:11 PM
> I guess that would depend on if you're talking about the
> distance the 
> air travels or the distance your hand travels. Otherwise
> I'd guess the F 
> contra is longer as I have to use fingertips to reach
> 7th...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Tom Izzo wrote:
> >>
> > Indeed. Piccolo slide is 5 INCHES long in 1st pos. LOL
> > a BBb Contra is exactly twice as long as a Bb Tenor
> (or Bass) slide. So we're looking at approx 12 feet in
> 1st pos.
> > 
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