Conn Connstellation 24i/25i grip advice

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Conn Connstellation 24i/25i grip advice

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Anyone have experience with holding the Conn Constellation 24i/25i with the tuning slide trigger?
I'm having trouble positioning my left hand in a way that doesn't accidentally touch the third valve slide spit valve. You're supposed to use your left thumb for the trigger, correct? maybe I should just pull down on the main slide from the bottom instead of using the thumb loop?
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Re: Conn Connstellation 24i/25i grip advice

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This was designed by Henry Charles Smith and there are recordings of him playing it but I haven't been able to find a picture of him (or anyone else) holding it. http://www.dwerden.com/forum/content.ph ... QgWpy2ZNTY
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As much as I love my 24i, neither my teacher nor I have ever been able to figure out how the the thumb ring should be used.

My hand fits a little higher over the tuning slide than yours does but it still doesn’t work comfortably.

You might consider holding the horn a little more perpendicular and see if that helps.
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I use the school's 25i in college for a year or two, but never found any way to use the spring-loaded intonation thingy. Years later, I played a King Legend 2280 (Conn has a clone). I like both horns, but as before, I never found any way a human hand could operate the tuning kicker. When the topic came up once again, I asked TubeNet if anyone actually USES this gadget. Never got a response. My guess: it's only there so they can advertise this wonderful unusable feature.

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Forum user enhite has graciously shared with me this brochure that he got from Henry Charles Smith which answered all my questions!
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