David,
Beautiful review. I think you covered the important parts and Trent should be jumping up and down with the quality of your review! I can think of a few more things I want to look in to when I do my own review, but I guarantee my production values will be nowhere near as good! I will play with my collection of heavy 4th valve caps. I also will look closely at the positioning of the leadpipe as it relates to ergonomics, in particular how far up the bell it is positioned and how far does it wrap around the bell. Also the "handrest to 1-2-3 valve" positioning. The leadpipe positioning has a great deal to say about use of the horn by the small of stature or young (pre-adolescent) players vs. professional trombone/tuba players who might be using it purely as a doubler. The hand rest positioning also relates to the same. I will re-do the intonation charts given my embouchure just to see if things come out any different for me. I probably will do a couple of excerpts from Moreceau Symphonique in both the high and low range to see how it sounds across the range. Also maybe the first 16-32 bars of Suite in F to test out response of low range.
Doug
Last edited by daruby; 11-23-2020 at 11:07 AM.
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