42 Slide Length
- posaunebone
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- Joined: Jan 25, 2019
Has anyone ever shortened a Bach 42 slide to shires length / removed length from the slide tubes? Wondering how this mod may work vs shortening the tuning slide or just using a shires slide on a Bach bell section and any impacts it may have had other than pitch. I have a donor 42 Slide I might be willing to make some cuts to as a test before spending even more on a shires slide adventure.
- hornbuilder
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- Joined: May 02, 2018
Perfectly do-able. It does involve a complete slide rebuild, essentially, but that would be much less expensive than a new slide.
- hornbuilder
- Posts: 1384
- Joined: May 02, 2018
[quote="Burgerbob"]Certainly more work that cutting down a tuning slide![/quote]
Yes, but the change in bell geometry can certainly have a negative impact on the way the horn plays, in my experience. Shortening the handslide doesn't change the bell geometry at all.
Yes, but the change in bell geometry can certainly have a negative impact on the way the horn plays, in my experience. Shortening the handslide doesn't change the bell geometry at all.