[Trombone-l] Angular Trombone

[Eliezer Aharoni]

Stewart Taylor, former principal trombonist of the IPO, had a joke: when he 
saw a friend he'd hand out his hand but not straightfarward- but slightly to 
the right side and diagonally down, and say:
"Hello, my name is Davis Schuman..."
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Gamble" <sgamble at tucsonsymphony.org>
To: <trombone-l at samford.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Angular Trombone


> 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
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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,
>
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> 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
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>
>
> Lawrence Borden
>
> Associate Professor of Trombone
>
> Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University
>
> Principal Trombone, Nashville Symphony Orchestra
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