[Trombone-l] Trombone for new elementary - Now Bass Trb in C-Bb?

[Ray Horton]

Adrian, you're making my head explode.


So, would this be C/Bb/F but defaults to Bb?  Crazy!  


Right off the bat, I'm guessing it might sound bright, but, who knows?


Hang on - the shorter slide wouldn't be long enough for a low Db with 
the F valve.   We need that note!


If the bell section were shortened, could the horn be made in C with a 
slide with 6 or 7 full Bb positions? Probably hard to do, with two 
independent valves on it.


Either that or it needs a third valve! 


Oh, my head!


RBH


 >>From: 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
Adrian Drover wrote:
> 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.
>