[Trombone-l] Contra question

[Eric Swanson]

On May 21, 2009, at 4:03 PM, emrose79 at sonic.net wrote:

> Everyone: Thanks for your thoughts. My contra is, I think, "standard"
> F/C/Db/A (or is that F/CC/DDb/AA), so I guess I'll get by without the
> handle. The problem I could see is that the handle is loose enough to
> hit the slide if I'm not careful (not that I'm EVER not careful!)  
> Being
> a two-axis joint, it swings quite a bit. My "other" problem is that  
> "I'm
> still learning" (I use that line often).
>
>

Ed,

Sounds like you might want to remove the handle (or have it removed)  
to prevent damaging the slide.  What brand of horn is this, anyway?

Eric Swanson