[Trombone-l] Trombone for new elementary school player

[Chris Waage]

Plus the fact that French horn players are the best kissers.

They just do VERY strange things with their left hand while they're kissing
you.....

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:36 PM, <thetubameister at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> Most definitely a valid point.  And I'm glad to have NOT been asked to make
> this conversion.  But there are some folks over the years of the sinister
> hand that I just thought... you know... It might be easier if it was
> reversed.  Same thing applies to fiddles too.  But we are ultimately - at
> the base level -  the most reversable instrument next to percussion.
>
> Now French horns, however, need to come back the the right side fingering
> :-)
>
> J.c.
>
> ---- Eric Swanson <boneman88 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Mar 4, 2009, at 1:47 PM, <thetubameister at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I gotta ask, for the sake of argument - Why not?  Assuming they're
> > > left-handed, shouldn't they play left handed?  I know a great left
> > > handed trumpet player.  And trombone may be the most reversible
> > > instrument in history.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > J.c.,
> >
> > Reversible, until they want to get an F attachment horn or a bass
> > trombone.  Then they are looking at a pretty expensive custom job to
> > have one made.  I have built a left-handed Benge 190F for a guy, and
> > it wasn't cheap.
> >
> > Eric Swanson
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Chris Waage, Bass Trombonist
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