The Fishermen are having a tad of a hiatus at the moment, owing to me galavanting across the country for a week and a half...
However, I have a spare minute or two at the "remains" of my parents house, and have decided there was something I had to get out. So I have suirreled myself away in the converted attic room (which is rather splendid, with a clear view of a tree covered hill in one direction and Blackpool Tower in the other) to impart to you this vital information...
The first trombonist was playing an Edwards T350.
The second trombonist was playing a Shires custom-built tenor traombone with an F valve.
The bass trombonist was playing an Edwards B454.
(When I can work out how to blog pictures and have more time, I shall illustrate this post accordingly).
It's interesting to see how the Americans have steered clear from the European standard choice, which is generally a mixture of Conn 8H and Conn 88H (or rarely a Rath custom-build) for first and second. The bass trombone is rarely standard however - people generally find one that they love and stick with it. Quite a few people seem to be going for the Edwards instruments now with their new Thayer valves, but then there are still people who swear by vintage Conn basses (like me...) or Yamahas.
Next post may be some time, but I will almost certainly be waffling about the performance of Mozart's Requiem I saw on BBC 4 (from the Proms) last night.
Tata for now.
6 comments:
Dave you are a big poohead. You haven't put any responses to the comments I left aall over your blog. Boo. And also hisssssssss!!!
;-)
From an impetuous little Lisa
I was trying to get a conversation going like.
:-(
She called you a poohead! Ha-ha.
'remains' - has the house been demolished?
And may your trombone-enthusiasm continue to know no bounds.
Oh Nick you are ace. I was expecting a bollocking from Dave for being such an impetuous child and instead you made me and Rich simultaneously LAUGH OUT LOUD!!!!!!! (cheers mate ;o>)
A bollocking? Surely you don't expect something as unoriginal as that from me little Lise? Perhaps some drily cutting sarcasm maybe, but I wouldn't be so uncouth as to shout... ;)
Really, it should be me apologising due to the fact that my obsessive trombone-spotting meant that, instead of responding to comments, I had to blog on the exact details of the instruments we saw.
And besides, if I'd blogged about the trombones now when I'm back, it would have lost all relevance and I would just have looked like a sad trombone-obsessed geek...and that would just be wrong.
Dave I do believe you have developed a whole new level of courteousness! By which I don't mean to imply that with your penchant for apologies you weren't courteous before. But there is something new here. An apology without social anxiety. And apology coupled with confidence. It's very charming ;-)
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