mgladdish wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:21 am
If money really is no object, my dream would be to put a trombone research facility together. Proper bond villain lair stylee.
I'd hire the best physicists, metallurgists and acoustics engineers money could buy, plus the other specialists they tell me to, and tell them to go back to first principles and work out what makes the best trombone possible. Hell, even roboticists too. I bet there's scope for all sorts of assisted tech that could make even a "perfect" trombone better. Would auxilliary air support help? What about mechanically assisted valves that can be timed to switch in a minima in the waveform passing through them? Or how about dynamic mouthpiece, leadpipe, or even bell flair shape that adjusts to what you're playing in real time?
I'd be amazed if that kind of investment wouldn't pay off with a step-change in what we think of as possible for the trombone.
This sounds brilliant but I think there is one other thing which is needed; a replacement for the endlessly variable, ultimately unreliable part which fits onto the larger, open end of all trombone mouthpieces. (Check it in the mirror!)
mgladdish wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:21 am
If money really is no object, my dream would be to put a trombone research facility together. Proper bond villain lair stylee.
I'd hire the best physicists, metallurgists and acoustics engineers money could buy, plus the other specialists they tell me to, and tell them to go back to first principles and work out what makes the best trombone possible. Hell, even roboticists too. I bet there's scope for all sorts of assisted tech that could make even a "perfect" trombone better. Would auxilliary air support help? What about mechanically assisted valves that can be timed to switch in a minima in the waveform passing through them? Or how about dynamic mouthpiece, leadpipe, or even bell flair shape that adjusts to what you're playing in real time?
I'd be amazed if that kind of investment wouldn't pay off with a step-change in what we think of as possible for the trombone.
This sounds brilliant but I think there is one other thing which is needed; a replacement for the endlessly variable, ultimately unreliable part which fits onto the larger, open end of all trombone mouthpieces. (Check it in the mirror!)
Cheers
Stewbones43
Well there is that. I think we're safe for a while yet...