Posted by JoeS on February 13, 2003 at 14:36:43:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: New Old Man's Tuba posted by Marty Neilan on February 13, 2003 at 11:50:30:
not regarding a bass tbn., but a tenor...
...Several local "pro" low brass players (I hate that term.) just did blind comparisons of a Shires tenor and a "plain ol'" Bach 42 Strad. trombone. This we did for another "pro" who was trying to decide which instrument to take to an audition. Everyone - individually and on different days at different blind trials - voted for the Bach...EVEN WHEN he tried to pull some "tricks" on us (ie. playing the Shires or the Bach only - representing one instrument as two, etc.)
After he had brought his trombones around to all of us, he said, "yeah, that's what I've been thinking too - but I was obviously biased since I spent so much money on the Shires."
Joe "who wonders if that happens a lot with tubas, too" S.