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trumpetnick · 04-06-2007, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Manny Laureano

This is a complex subject and a simple one. If something's out of tune, it's out of tune. That's the simple part. The complex part has to do with an instrument that plays in two different keys, A and Bb. The slides don't change and what many people experience is a sharp high F. You pull out the first slide and the D is flat. That's why dave has been hesitant to build a four valve A/Bb instrument: because of the compromises in intonation.
ML

IMHO I have found how to resolve the problem, and it si quite simple. I would never probably think of that if I did not see it...couple of years ago I went to spada shop and by that time he had just built his first piccolo for the Principal trumpet of the Zurich Opera. I just ordered one...the piccolo is a schilke style piccolo (though quite free blowing compared to the schilke) and had a trigger not only on the usual 3rd piston slide but also on the 1st one. Before that I was trying to experiment with pulling out more or less the first piston slide but was never really happy with the result. This trigger gives you exactly what you need: pull the slide out whenever you need to and the put it back for all other notes...like on the big trumpet. very useful