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Came across this excellent video of Don Harwood and Warren Deck back in the old days of the NY Philharmonic. Both of them seriously getting down to business and I have to say that is some major plumbing on the bass bone!

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DAMN. What IS that? That's gotta be a contrabass trombone, or one of those monstrosities where one valve drops the instrument a 4th, and the other a minor 6th.

I don't really have a problem with people who puff out, I just find that having the cheeks like that makes it very had to control the instrument. But maybe if they are looking to have a larger resonant cavity in their head makes it work?

Or maybe they are circular breathing...

Better view of the bone and the low brass crew

tbonesullivan wrote:DAMN. What IS that? That's gotta be a contrabass trombone, or one of those monstrosities where one valve drops the instrument a 4th, and the other a minor 6th.

The two triggers together put low C in first position.

I know a lady that has a bass tuned that way. It is huge and weighs a ton. Seems like a lot of trouble to avoid moving your right arm 8".

And Joe Alessi is playing a straight tenor. You hardly see that any more in orchestras.

mikebmiller wrote:And Joe Alessi is playing a straight tenor. You hardly see that any more in orchestras.

He has posted pictures with a Straight version of his signature T-396A. I mean, most first parts don't even have a chance to use the F-attachment, so there is not much point to having it, except to add extra weight, and also to change the resonance of the horn.

Right!

The glory days.

How old was Warren when he retired?

bort wrote:How old was Warren when he retired?

Not that old. An article I read said he first had problems with distonia at around age 39. I know he worked through it for several years, but I would think it was not long after that he retired from the NYPhil. Such a shame, but increasingly not alone. Hopefully they can find some type of treatment for it in the future.

It is a mighty magnificent piece of brass WD is brandishing. Does anyone know the history of it?

Worth wrote:It is a mighty magnificent piece of brass WD is brandishing. Does anyone know the history of it?

I strongly suspect it is his Deck model Meinl Weston 2166.

Thanks, I had no idea. Maybe it’s the screenshot but the bell of that sucker is massive

Doc wrote:Is it the FrankenConn that preceded the 2165?

It is not the rotary valved, silver Conn CC tuba. Warren played that horn when I began studying with him in the very early 1980's. The tuba in the photo looks very much like the 2165 Deck Model Meinl Weston.

This is a Yorkbrunner with a 2165 Bell. The 2165 was not finished yet, but came the year after.

Cool Screenshot from NY Phil Candide Overture 1992. For me, Mobile view doesn’t show the bell inscription, desktop does. If I'm going to play something I try to listen to the masters of the trade