[Trombone-l] Contra question

[emrose79@sonic.net]

aw, Dan.... now that I've tried your idea, and now that I've got to go 
see Dick Akright,  I guess I shoulda read this post first!
(just kidding, of course)
But... you mention tenor (tenor???  isn't that one of those shrunken 
bass trombones?)  I do have a problem when I switch from bass to contra. 
I get those brain-farts, and start mixing the positions, AND.... the 
spit valve is operated in different places, and... and...


Ed







Daniel Pliskin wrote:
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>> What if you tied a string between the hand-slide cross-member than somewhere on the trombone that's stationary?  > You could throw the slide out to seventh position and yank it back, afterward.
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> Now I'll answer my own question.
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> It's a really bad idea, not because it might not work, but the last thing you'd want to learn is how to unconsciously throw the hand-slide of your tenor out into the audience.
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> I don't usually use the term "brain-fart" but that was exactly what it was.
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> Carry on,
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> DanP 
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