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jacobgarchik
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by jacobgarchik »

What's with this grip?

I tried it and...it's not bad actually. Bell section sits on your forearm. A little discombobulating to hear the sound from the bell that far down but not terrible.

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Burgerbob
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by Burgerbob »

Ahh, Kyle...
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jacobgarchik
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by jacobgarchik »

Explain please!

I think it's great. More weird grips needed.
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ngrinder
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by ngrinder »

Wow, Kyle was my counselor at Cazadero Music Camp when I was in 6th grade and he was at Juilliard. We LOVED Kyle, to his surprise. Happy to see him doing so well and holding the trombone like that.
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jacobgarchik
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by jacobgarchik »

also according to this it's part of a 1920s 8h

So apropos of that discussion that's one more major orchestra player with a vintage horn, or part of one anyway.

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Burgerbob
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by Burgerbob »

[quote="jacobgarchik"]Explain please!

I think it's great. More weird grips needed.[/quote]

I won't say too much, but Kyle isn't exactly the paragon I would follow.
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noordinaryjoe
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by noordinaryjoe »

I don't know Kyle from Adam...but with the extra counterweight in the first screenshot I would have guessed it was more down to ergonomics/injury...just a WAG, though...
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harrisonreed
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by harrisonreed »

I've seen dudes holding trombones like that in drawings from the 1500s. Now I know that the artist actually could draw what he was seeing.

This is a time traveler.
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Basbasun
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by Basbasun »

I often did hold my bass sackbuts like that, especially when crocked in D. I did play sackbuts pretty much in several years.
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AndrewMeronek
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by AndrewMeronek »

Thinking on it a bit - yeah, sure it makes sense that would work. Seems like the slide receivers on that horn are unusually short. The first one, can't tell on the lower pic.