Posted by Klaus on June 22, 2000 at 09:24:52:
In Reply to: Re: Re: I am looking for an Aleander bell posted by Joe S. on June 21, 2000 at 22:57:43:
Being grateful about all of the answers, Joe is the one coming close.
My original question had been inspired by som old catalogue of Conn�s, where student line saxes had detachable bottom bows mounted with some semi hard rubber ring as a seal.
Furtherly I have met a bass bone player who had butchered an old Sovereign for teh red brass bell, and stil another bell, for his basically Bach with Thayer valves model.
He had the 2 additional bells refitted with the female recevers of the tuning slide, and of course with an assortment of clamps. So he had ended up with an instrument with 3 different bells, which was very good for his job in a regional pro symph orchestra, where the overall texture at least numerally was very changing, according to the number of extras.
I am in to position to afford tubaistic experiments along this line. But the perspectives could be interesting.
Klaus