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list Tue, 22 Sep 1998 Volume 1 : Number 96In this issue:
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- cimbasso
- CB-trombones again
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 08:06:35 +0100
From: David Bobroff <bobroff@centrum.is>
To: list@contrabass.com
Subject: cimbasso>This really has nothing to do with wedding music, but can someone tell
>me what a Cimbasso is? I saw a picture of one in the new issue of brass
>wind, and I am curious as to what it is?If you order a cimbasso you will get a four- or five- (maybe even six?)
valved brass instrument, pitched in F or perhaps C, maybe even Bb (same
octave as tubas in those keys). Most of the ones I have seen in catalogues
have been in F. A cimbasso is essentially a valved contrabass trombone.
The only problem is that the word "cimbasso" apparently has little if
anything to do with a musical instrument. There is specutaltion that it is
a misreading of an abbreviation for "contrabasso."I hope this answers your question.
David Bobroff
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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 08:15:06 +0100
From: David Bobroff <bobroff@centrum.is>
To: list@contrabass.com
Subject: CB-trombones again>I should think it two rotors for the same reason the Bass Bones have two.
Yeah, when I thought about it for a moment I realized that with only the F
valve the following note would be missing and it is a note you might want
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8va bassa...._|>I can see some use to an independent dual rotor system the same
>as the current Basses, one in F, and the other in D. That would give you
>alternates so you wouldn't have to hang the slide out very far, as heavy
>as it was long tones beyond about 3rd position could get very trying.Now *that* might be a practical set-up. The whole thing would still weigh
a ton, though.David Bobroff
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