WTB: Ward Weight
- slipmo
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Looking for one of these, let me know if you have one.
<EMAIL email="noah@brassark.com">noah@brassark.com</EMAIL> or send me a PM
Thanks!
Noah
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<EMAIL email="noah@brassark.com">noah@brassark.com</EMAIL> or send me a PM
Thanks!
Noah
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- Crazy4Tbone86
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I love my BrassLab “Ward Weight.” Very versatile. On some horns, it works well on the main tuning slide brace. Other horns, better on the F attachment tubing….just like Jim DeSano used it. I have even used it on the mouthpiece shank for a couple of instruments. Purchasing one can lead to hours of experimentation.
Sorry Noah. I cannot part with my Ward Weight, but I certainly understand the demand for them. Doesn’t Chuck Ward still sell them out of his shop in North East Ohio?
Sorry Noah. I cannot part with my Ward Weight, but I certainly understand the demand for them. Doesn’t Chuck Ward still sell them out of his shop in North East Ohio?
- chromebone
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These were originally made by Chuck Ward; Chuck McAlexander copied them. Chuck Ward is still around and in business, I would bet he would make you one.
- Matt_K
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What do you do to attach this? I presume you put the curved area around a brace and then tighten it with the screw until it attaches?
- Burgerbob
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[quote="Matt K"]What do you do to attach this? I presume you put the curved area around a brace and then tighten it with the screw until it attaches?[/quote]
I've seen them around attachment tubing. Not a brace.
I've seen them around attachment tubing. Not a brace.
- BGuttman
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Looks like that might be useful on my King 1115 TIS that has no brace toward the back of the bell section (and is VERY nose-heavy).
- Crazy4Tbone86
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[quote="Burgerbob"]<QUOTE author="Matt K" post_id="163968" time="1638123711" user_id="48">
What do you do to attach this? I presume you put the curved area around a brace and then tighten it with the screw until it attaches?[/quote]
I've seen them around attachment tubing. Not a brace.
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It is extremely flexible in its use. Most people attach it to tubing in the gooseneck area or the tubing in a valve attachment. I have seen trumpet players, on rare occasions, attach one to the tail of the bell stem near the first valve tubing. The design allows for great variation in the diameter of tubing it can be used on.
I also use it on tuning slide braces. For my Bach trombones, I have the full weight (normal Bach balancer), a cut-down Bach weight (reduced about 35-40%) and I use my Ward weight if I need only a little weight. It weighs about 25-30% of a full Bach balancer.
Most people think that I choose the balancer weight based on how nose-heavy the slide is. That is a factor, but mostly I choose the weight based on the response and articulation of the horn.
What do you do to attach this? I presume you put the curved area around a brace and then tighten it with the screw until it attaches?[/quote]
I've seen them around attachment tubing. Not a brace.
</QUOTE>
It is extremely flexible in its use. Most people attach it to tubing in the gooseneck area or the tubing in a valve attachment. I have seen trumpet players, on rare occasions, attach one to the tail of the bell stem near the first valve tubing. The design allows for great variation in the diameter of tubing it can be used on.
I also use it on tuning slide braces. For my Bach trombones, I have the full weight (normal Bach balancer), a cut-down Bach weight (reduced about 35-40%) and I use my Ward weight if I need only a little weight. It weighs about 25-30% of a full Bach balancer.
Most people think that I choose the balancer weight based on how nose-heavy the slide is. That is a factor, but mostly I choose the weight based on the response and articulation of the horn.