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

[thetubameister@roadrunner.com]

You have to make the slide at least 6 positions - if not 7.  On the german trombone, that's easy since a good deal of the goosneck area is cylindrical.

J.c.S. 

---- Ray Horton <rayhorton at insightbb.com> wrote: 
> Adrian, you're making my head explode.
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> So, would this be C/Bb/F but defaults to Bb?  Crazy!  
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> Right off the bat, I'm guessing it might sound bright, but, who knows?
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> Hang on - the shorter slide wouldn't be long enough for a low Db with 
> the F valve.   We need that note!
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> 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.
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> Either that or it needs a third valve! 
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> Oh, my head!
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> RBH
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>  >>From: thetubameister at roadrunner.com
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> >>Yamaha makes a brilliant instrument in Bb with an ascending valve to C.
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> >>Sure, low E is gone, and perhaps F is unreachable,  but C and B _are_, and
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> > 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.
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> > A.
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