Re: so, is red brass unsusceptable


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Posted by Klaus on February 20, 2002 at 08:40:41:

In Reply to: so, is red brass unsusceptable posted by Ian Easton on February 20, 2002 at 08:16:49:

Laymans knowledge accumulated over the years:

Red brass and nickel silver both are considered less vulnerable to red rot.

But both choices have implications on the sound of the instrument.

Red brass is said to be warmer soundwise. But that only goes up to a good forte. Above that red brass breaks up more easily. Especially when used in the bell area (my KIng 2B+ and 7B bones are very alive).

Nickel silver is said to induce stiffness and coldness. But it keeps the sound together a high dynamics.


My preference is as little nickel silver as possible. Especially in outer trombone slides. The way B&H made the first edition Sovereign bass bones with a clear dedication to military parades (with an inherent second act as haubitzers) made the valve range very hard to play with dynamic flexibility. The nickel silver inner and outer valve slide branches are just so heavy.

The way Yamaha made my YEP641 with brass inner valve slides and only nickel silver for the receivers pleases me very much. And the leadpipe looks quite reddish.

Klaus


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