[Trombone-l] Edwards/Alessi T396-A Tenor Trombone

[Dave Demko]

I heard Joe Alessi playing this horn at Joshua Hauser's Trombone Day
2007 (great event). I admit that at first I thought the Harmonic
Bridge was designed only for decoration. Alessi did mention during the
master class that the Bullet Brace doesn't fit on this trombone. Maybe
having one clamped on the bell brace would interfere with the acoustic
effects of the Harmonic Bridge anyway.

D. Demko


On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Price Taylor <pricetaylor at comcast.net> wrote:
> I have not tried it, I just looked it up.
> http://www.edwards-instruments.com/alessi/
>
> It looks like the main difference between this trombone and the other
> comparable .547 symphonic bore tenors is that there is some unique bracing
> of the valve tubing that is "tuned" to the instrument called the "harmonic
> bridge."  Patent pending.
>
> Overall, it looks great, if the configuration works for you.  I'm just
> wondering how this will compare against Shires or even Edwards themselves
> for trombones with options for brass, valves, leadpipes, slides.
>
> I was a little surprised that it is yellow brass bell - again, it looks
> great, but you would be buying a production model that fits Joe Alessi (who
> obviously is a great player, BTW).  It's a very attractive yellow brass.
>
> The valve looks nice but again - no option (yet) for the valve.  Same for
> the leadpipe, which was fit to Mr. Alessi's fine playing style.
>
> My guess is that this is a very open blowing horn!
>
> If you want my guess - Edwards will see how this fixed configuration plays
> out in the market (pun intended!) and then will decide if it wants to
> "componentize" this undoubtedly fine trombone to compete with the build your
> own that is offered from Shires and others.
>
> Price Taylor
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Galen Zinn <grzinn at astound.net> wrote:
>
>> What¹s your salivation factor? Has anyone tried this horn?
>> Galen Zinn
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