I'm pleased Randy got some value from my posting - perhaps some small
return for the invaluable help I have had from members of the list.

Brent Tarter asked a question somewhat along the lines of one that got
left off my posting - I'm interested in the mouthpiece also. The fact of
it being large is interesting in itself, and makes my query even more
significant - does the opening at the bottom of the cup have a sharply
angled edge, or is it softly rounded? I'm thinking of whether the sound
was intended to be bright and sharp, or soft and mellifluous. I once was
allowed to try a 14th century trombone of the type used when trombones
were the only instruments allowed to accompany voices in church music,
and the contrast with the normal modern orchestral sound was very marked
- the mouthpiece disappeared smoothly down the tube, like French Horn
mouthpieces, and very similar to that used jazz trombonists who want a
soft tone rather than bright. The answer might reflect on the type of
music played, or the circumstances in which they were to be used.

John Weiss

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