Aftermarket Tuning Slides: Do They Make a Difference??
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- Опубліковано 2 лис 2024
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Well, you'll get to decide for yourself if they work. :) I believe there IS a difference - but it is subtle; overtones become different with each metal, perhaps more so than general tone. It takes a good ear to perceive the difference and, as seems so often the case, microphones and speakers don't always tell the whole tale. I'll first use the standard Bach D slide that came with this Strad (which is a standard weight 43 bell, Sterling Silver Plus bell. Second, I use a D-shaped (like the original Bach) Nickel-Silver tuning slide (all the aftermarket slides are by MK), then a dark Bronze radial slide, and lastly a Square Sterling Silver slide. I then use the Nickel-Silver slide with a great ACB Al Cass 1-27 mouthpiece, the Bronze slide with a Reeves C2J (a great trumpet/flugel piece), and lastly I use the square Sterling Silver slide with a Reeves 42C (a great play off of Bach's 7B mouthpiece [I've read that Doc Severinsen really likes this mouthpiece with a 5'ish Bach rim]). Enjoy! :)
Original Brass Slide: 5:01
Nickel-Silver Slide: 7:28
Bronze Ovate Slide: 9:51
Sterling Silver Slide: 11:46
Nickel-Silver Slide w/ Cass 1-27 Mouthpiece: 14:24
Bronze Slide w/ Reeves C2J Mouthpiece: 15:57
Sterling-Silver w/ Reeves 42B Mouthpiece: 18:45
I wish you were my neighbor, I could listen to your horn all day.
You're too kind! :)
Sounds great Jon - I am sure from your side that you can feel a difference - but honestly all the slides sound the same to me. Wondering if its more about the feel to the player. Mouthpiece change makes such a bigger difference.
The ovate slide is more open, the square slide is more restrictive. The biggest difference I hear is with the Nickel-Silver slide; it seems considerably brighter to me. In the room though, I could well be hearing overtones that don't conver quite so well via my microphone and system. The Bronze and Sterling-Silver slides seemed quite similar in tone. I'll try this again sometime when I'm NOT using the sterling-silver bell; I think there is a bit more noticeable difference with a light brass bell, for instance. Good comment - and a mouthpiece change is certainly the easiest and cheapest way to change tone; I agree.
I have to use a tighter backbore whenever I use a round or ovate tuning slide - and a looser backbore when I use a square slide.
That's probably a good idea; very good thinking. Great comment, thank you!
Supposedly the "last supper" at the Olympics was based on a different painting: the "feast of Dionysus" Which, assuming that's true, makes much more sense.
Regardless, I'm not considering doing a custom tuning slide on my late 1960's Besson Euphonium. Maybe bronze or red brass. Something to darken up and add harmonics to that older sound.
Raja, Jolly was the last name of the fellow that had a prime place in the Olympics Opening Ceremony. In the article I read, he didn't say whether or not it was the last supper (although it seemed a close parody) but his intent was to show 'France is no longer dependent upon the Catholic Church'. Why use a unifying athletic event to cast shadow upon ANY old religious order; Christian, Muslim, or any other culture? Why put Trans in provocative appearance at ANY event for families? Just 'why'? Make a positive statement - not a questionable one. Amazingly poor taste, in my opinion. :) Now to tuning slides... I can't imagine the cost you'd encounter with a Euphonium tuniing slide! But I believe we DO enable a more 'complex' sound (harmonics) when we add other metals to the mix. And the square/moderate/ovate shape does enable a different feel. It is a lesser difference than a mouthpiece change, granted, but it does indeed make a difference. AND thank you for commenting.