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Re: Brass families

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Subject: Re: Brass families
From: John Aren <tbbb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 20:29:57 +0100
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I appreciate the diversity of our new found friends.  We are enriched by
the experiences they bring to the Brass Band movement and all the better
for it.   I do think however that they must understand, we are not looking
to be changed.  The Brass Band is not broke, in need of repair or
diversification.  In fact, here in North America it is more popular than it
has ever been.  The impact of our friends from sources such like the
American university and symphonies have already turned our trombones to
sliding euphoniums and remodled our cornets to become short model trumpets
with shepherds crooks.  Thank goodness, we are getting a handle on the
cornets, but I'm afraid the large bore tenor trombones are here to stay and
as a result, the edge (non-conical) sound of the band frankly been
misplaced usually to the cornets playing on trumpet mouthpieces with cornet
shanks.    The experimentation with other instruments is fine for certain
groups but the majority of us are a part of the Brass Band movement because
we love what it is, not what the newcomers think it could be.
Harmoniously,
John Aren
http://freeway.net/~tbbb


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