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Whooa Nelly! This Contrabass Trombone is amazing!
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by Paul Lewis
4/8/2007 2:10:28 PM
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Musical Experience:
Amateur
Style of music:
Moravian Chorales-Trombone Choir
Hometown
Lehigh Valley, PA
I moved from a Jupiter 740 RL Bass Trombone to this beast, what a sound! I find the timbre very complex and interesting, the sound has "body" all the way through the range of the horn, not just the lower registers, I tried the factory mouthpiece, not good, I am a Tuba player also, so I tested my other mouthpieces, the G&W Diablo sounded amazing, and still can produce that bright trombone "Edge" if needed. I did a lot of research on the Miraphone, agreeing with what others have said, this contrabass takes a lot of air, I just returned from the Moravian Easter morning tour, I had played some pedal F's in some of the chorales, I had to top off just to sustain 8 beats! As far as ergonomics, this CBT is great, I had no trouble holding it through a long gig, I used to have more trouble with my Jupiter, and that had an extra rest for the left hand. It will only get better as I get used to the instrument. The workmanship is what you would expect from Miraphone.
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