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

[Earl Needham]

Galen Zinn wrote:
> 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
    Hey GRiZ, I think you might be looking for more than is really there 
-- I think the real idea is that the leadpipe is simply an extension of 
the backbore of the mouthpiece -- it makes some difference, but just 
like changing mouthpieces, it may take a day or 90 to really find the 
benefit of each.

    Earl

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