Four letter words
- mikerspencer
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- Joined: Jul 01, 2022
A saxophonist has just asked me: why are all your trombones made by companies with four letter names?
Conn
King
Rath
Olds
Bach
He's not wrong!
Conn
King
Rath
Olds
Bach
He's not wrong!
- PhilTrombone
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- Joined: Nov 06, 2018
Shires, Getzen, Courtois, Eastman, Edwards, Yamaha
- harrisonreed
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C.G. Conn, Edwards...
I did forget about the off-brand trombones I have, though:
FART, POOP, DOOK, LAVA, DUMP
*Edit- changed "DUMB" to "DUMP"
I did forget about the off-brand trombones I have, though:
FART, POOP, DOOK, LAVA, DUMP
*Edit- changed "DUMB" to "DUMP"
- TomWest
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- Joined: Apr 04, 2023
Does your friend play a Yanagisawa? Aka Yani? A Yamaha, aka Yamy or a Selmer, aka overpriced underperformer?
- sirisobhakya
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- Joined: Jun 11, 2018
LARK comes to mind...
- Kbiggs
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From Adams and Buescher to Yamaha and Y-Fort… there are a lot of trombone brands out there that aren’t four-letter words.
I know of a few trombones that have been called four-letter words, and quite a few trombonists who have used four-letter words, and even a few trombonists who have been called four-letter words. I don’t know of any trombone brands that are called those kinds of four-letter words.
I know of a few trombones that have been called four-letter words, and quite a few trombonists who have used four-letter words, and even a few trombonists who have been called four-letter words. I don’t know of any trombone brands that are called those kinds of four-letter words.
- Finetales
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- Joined: Mar 23, 2018
[quote="Kbiggs"]I don’t know of any trombone brands that are called those kinds of four-letter words.[/quote]
Sounds like a market opportunity!
Sounds like a market opportunity!
- MrHCinDE
- Posts: 1039
- Joined: Jul 01, 2018
There’s a small cluster of & also:
K&H
B&S
M&W
B&H (ok, defunct, I know)
K&H
B&S
M&W
B&H (ok, defunct, I know)
- NathanSobieralski
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It appears all trombone brands contain a number of letters.
- Digidog
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- Joined: Dec 13, 2018
Which trombone brand would be most difficult to pronounce?
I'd go with Lätszch followed by Y-Fort.
I'd go with Lätszch followed by Y-Fort.
- JohnL
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- Joined: Mar 23, 2018
[quote="Digidog"]Which trombone brand would be most difficult to pronounce?
I'd go with Lätszch followed by Y-Fort.[/quote]
Buescher (pronounced "Bisher")
Unless you're familiar with the language, anything with an unlaut can be challenging.
I'd go with Lätszch followed by Y-Fort.[/quote]
Buescher (pronounced "Bisher")
Unless you're familiar with the language, anything with an unlaut can be challenging.
- slidesix
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- Joined: Jan 03, 2025
[quote="Digidog"]Which trombone brand would be most difficult to pronounce?[/quote]
[quote="JohnL"]Unless you're familiar with the language, anything with an unlaut can be challenging.[/quote]
Kühnl & Hoyer. In addition to the unlaut, I think in English one might want to pronounce the “Y” with a “j” sound instead of the “y” which I think is more correct for Kühnl & Hoyer.
[quote="JohnL"]Unless you're familiar with the language, anything with an unlaut can be challenging.[/quote]
Kühnl & Hoyer. In addition to the unlaut, I think in English one might want to pronounce the “Y” with a “j” sound instead of the “y” which I think is more correct for Kühnl & Hoyer.