[Trombone-l] Trombone for new elementary school player

[Adrian Drover]

> From: Behalf Of thetubameister at roadrunner.com
> 
> Yamaha makes a brilliant instrument in Bb with an ascending valve to C.
Sure, low E is gone,
> and perhaps F is unreachable, but C and B _are_ and that's what it's built
to do.  Seams like
> a great (if expensive) idea.


I've been wondering why a bass 'bone version of this instrument has not been
made.   Add the F tubing and it would be fully chromatic down to pedal D (I
think) which is more than enough for most purposes, the advantage being that
low C and Bnat can be played as pedals, so less stuffy, and the instrument
would be a little less heavy to hold.  Of course, there is the danger you
might forget and go off the end of the shorter slide.

A.