[Trombone-l] Angular Trombone

[Steve Gamble]

Can you imagine the pounding a kid's embouchure would take after the
angled slide assumed its inevitable beat up condition?  Not only would
moving the slide bounce the mouthpiece in and out, it would also move it
side to side.  Looking on the bright side, it would certainly get them
ready for marching band!

Steve Gamble, Librarian
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
2175 N. 6th Ave.
Tucson, AZ  85705
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520-792-9314 fax
520-991-7056 cell
sgamble at tucsonsymphony.org
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-----Original Message-----
From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu
[mailto:trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu] On Behalf Of Borden, Lawrence
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 1:19 PM
To: trombone-l at samford.edu
Subject: [Trombone-l] Angular Trombone

Folks,

 

While not so much a technologic achievement as the Superbone, the
angular trombone of Davis Schumann is a strange beast. I have an almost
perfect one and when I pulled it out and showed it to Kenneth
Schermerhorn, or conductor at the time, he said, "Oh, yes. Davis used to
come around every ten years or so in New York and try to sell his
angular trombone to the New York public schools. He thought that they
could start younger with the angled slide." 

 

The angular trombone is interesting and even though foreign to the feel
- not that hard to play.

 

Larry

 

Lawrence Borden

Associate Professor of Trombone

Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University

Principal Trombone, Nashville Symphony Orchestra

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