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Every horn is different, including the same model horns!

High G on my bass is nearly in first position. On my large tenor it is basically second.

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Yes, without a new slide receiver.

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Slide receiver and bell diameter are the only differences (unless you care about the engraving!).

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Yup, this is what I realize when I double heavily!

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The valve is made in house, I think. They used the wrap for the new Centennial models with the different valve. They both play very well. I really like the rotor on the unfortunately named MLR section. Mine plays very well. I wouldn't call it supremely open, but one of the best tenor rotors I have e...

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Drink water, warm up well, play soft, use your air.

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The horn used is up to the section. If it works with the section then it is fine.

I'm not sure of many using a Yamaha in a top orchestra in the US. Ko-Ichiro uses one sometimes and David Finlayson uses one. I'm sure there are some around. Yeo and Crewe both used them in top orchestras.

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Yup. They are good.

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Pictures!

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I have a New York 7, a modern 5, and a Corp 3. I like them a lot. The older mouthpieces sound really great, but the 5 is the goldilocks for me in the middle for small horns. The 3 is perfect in a .525.

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Yes, you can. You just slip your hand out. Not really any different than using a trombone without one.

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Use the right tool for the job.

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"weight" is a little misleading. It's hard to get across how much less a carbon slide or horn is than a brass one. It's orders of magnitude; if not in reality, then in feel.

I have played the DeCarbo instruments at hornguys... I thought they were pretty bad, myself. I need to play them again.

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Break down the piece into phrases and chunks. It's no good to try and memorize an entire concerto... It's much easier to string together many shorter phrases that make sense as a whole.

Listen to it a lot. Play it a lot. Start to take away the music as a crutch.

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New Greenhoes are built very well. Top of the heap for sure.

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I have another friend that had a similar issue with Trubores in Bollinger tuning. This is not an isolated case.

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The marks can be completely wrong. Look down the valve passages to see where it actually is.

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Can't log in on chrome on my computer. Still signed in on my phone.

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I have discussed this with my teacher in the last couple years. His orchestra auditioned for 2nd trombone and found no one the first time. The section talked about it at length at ITF 2016. No one won that audition because, in his words, no one showed up ready to win. A good portion of the people he...

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If you want to go down the small mouthpiece route like you posited in the Facebook group, get a 2G. Everything will be easier.

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Sounds like a CL mouthpiece. You sounded better in your GB videos.

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I haven't heard anyone sound good on one except the guy himself.

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That's the same partial as high Ab, fwiw.

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Wait, you get to rest 10 minutes, and have plenty of time to set your chops for the tessitura? And there's no big leaps, and no technical difficulty? Shouldn't be such a big deal then. Play along with a recording and get back to us. Yeah, but.................. we all had a high Bb in high school. S...

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timothy42b wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 12, 2018 9:02 am
Wait, you get to rest 10 minutes, and have plenty of time to set your chops for the tessitura? And there's no big leaps, and no technical difficulty? Shouldn't be such a big deal then.

Play along with a recording and get back to us.

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I'm pretty sure there are more differences. I've never liked the way the 165 played or sounded. The 190 seems to be much better.

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Originally knows as a "Fuchs" model, this single valve bass trombone was one of the first American made large bore and large bell bass trombones and featured tuning in the slide, which was very popular during the day. Designed with Robert Fuchs of the Chicago Grand Opera around 1915, it was markete...

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Listen to more orchestral articulations. On recordings and in person. Know what you want to sound like.

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Well, that's not a very helpful answer from Harrison. Basically, the farther up you go in secondary and post-secondary education, the more detailed and focused the classes will be. Instead of Romantic Period (not a very useful class by itself) you'll have a class that focuses on one aspect of that p...

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Not all techs can really get down to the nitty gritty on Thayers. You'd need an expert.

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What bass pieces are you looking for?

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Should be on the slide near the tenon.

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All you need is the serial number.

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The specs are the most similar, I agree... but the 12ML plays much smaller than it is, IMO. And the L is deeper by a lot than the 51.

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The 12ML is shallower and doesn't play anything like a 51 IMO. The custom 12MXL is probably the goldilocks version of a Hammond closest to the 51.

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This may be urban legend, but I think the 51 is a copy of Ralph Sauer's favorite 5G.

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cozzagiorgi wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 31, 2018 2:41 pm
I dont understand why flame wars are started on jgittlesons threads.

One can express his opinion without attacking or insulting anybody. That way, real discussions could take place.

IMO, I don't see a lot of flaming, just honest questions.

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The length of a screwbell case is the same as any violin or viola case. They don't usually have trouble getting it on the plane.

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I'd say you're about $1k total with a case.

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The biggest market right now is definitely bass trombonists, followed by large tenors. A small tenor case would be a good idea from a maker for sure.

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A few one offs, of course. John Sandhagen made his case.

Bonna makes a contra screwbell case, and is now making a bass/contra double case, for both screwbell instruments.

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Give him a shout!

The balance will be pretty radically different. With a horn like that, it probably wouldn't be terrible.

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Just as an aside:

Laskey 95D

124g

Laskey 93D (2)

127g
126g

Giddings Bob Sanders

150g

Giddings NYS

183g

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I have, currently, 5 Greg Black 1G .312 #2 mouthpieces in my possession. 2 regular weight 1 star weight 1 lightweight 1 New York blank Weight on my nice digital kitchen scale- Regular weight Mine: 141g Borrowed: 138g Star weight 138g Lightweight 136g New York 112g Stock GB 1 1/8G in regular weight: ...

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I think, if anything, it's good to see there was finally a conclusion to a saga like this, even if it took too long (IMO).

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Schagerl.

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I have one. It rattles around in the trunk of my car and is my gig stand. I use it for all my horns, big to small. It's not amazingly sturdy, but it works. Note that I never keep it in a bell.

It also has a small and low footprint- not a trip-monster like my big K&M bass stand.

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