[Trombone-l] Repair Q in re Out of True Leadpipes

[Galen Zinn]

Thanks Tom,

Your comments make obvious sense. Okay, so now they are portable, formerly
they were built in.

Apparently I have a tin ear, because I can place any one of three leadpipes
(call them "A", "B", or "C") in my Shires bass and not notice that any one
of the three are superior in any aspect of sound or response to any one of
the others. These are my observations only and very subject to any number of
non-scientific variables. I wonder if a professional like Doug Yeo or David
Taylor demonstrated the three leadpipes on my horn if I could hear any
differences? You know there would still be uncontrolled variables that would
affect the results. Perhaps playing on an "A", or a "B" leadpipe could
simply be psychologically superior to playing on a "C" leadpipe. Couldn't
this all be in the mind? Couldn't exchangeable leadpipes be a marketing ploy
for present day manufacturers? I wonder. I wish a manufacturer would jump in
here and explain what is expected from each leadpipe. Is anyone out there?
Steve Shires? Edwards? Conn? Whomever? Perhaps one is for lyrical solos and
another is for Wagnerian Blastissimo? I'm not "in tune" with that stage of
the game.

GRiZ 


On 6/7/09 10:45 AM, "Tom Izzo" <contrabasstrombone at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> Galen,
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 6/7/09, Galen Zinn <grzinn at astound.net> wrote:
> 
>> From: Galen Zinn <grzinn at astound.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Repair Q in re Out of True Leadpipes
>> To: trombone-l at samford.edu
>> Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 12:14 PM
> 
>> Having grown up in the day when
>> trombones did not have nor ³need² leadpipes,
> 
> All Trombones made since roughly 1600 A.D. have leadpipes. Our older ones had
> them fixed, I still play fixed leadpipes, only one of the 30+ trombones I have
> actually has the removeable variety, but I never remove it.
> The leadpipe is what centers the tone. Its real name is Venturi.
> You might be thinking of the receiver (where the mouthpiece sits) removeable
> leadpipes have the receiver built into them, If you remove this whole thing
> (or play a TRombone without) your mp would just be "swimming" in an open hole.
> It could even except a Tuba mp easily. Any Trombone you grew up with DID have
> a leadpipe.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> 
>> It¹s still a mystery to me why manufacturers offer them
>> now. I have never
>> noticed any differences in tonal quality nor response that
>> I can attribute
>> to leadpipes. I have the standard three for my Shires bass
>> bone. Please
>> educate me.
>> GRiZ
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