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Reduced Lung Capacity with Diabetes
A study published in Diabetes Care in April 2008 found that people with “adult onset” diabetes (type 2 diabetes) experience reduced lung capacity. All adults experience a natural decline in lung capacity (and lung function in general) after it peaks in a person’s early 20’s....
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Artificial Lip Mouthpieces
I was reading through the 1894 edition of Lyon & Healy’s Band Catalogue, primarily to look at their trombone holdings (they offered a surprising variety of alto trombones, but more on that in another post), when I came across this full-page spread on “Fowler’s Artificial-Lip Mo...
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Note from Museum of Musical Instruments--Poznan, Poland
Got a note this morning from Patryk Frankowski, senior assistant at the Museum of Musical Instruments in Poznan, Poland. According to Mr. Frankowski, one of the alto trombones listed by Trevor Herbert in his book, The Trombone, and subsequently listed in my page on Extant ...
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Alto in Treatises
Trombone History: Added a new page, Alto in Treatises, that gives quotations from more than 45 treatises, dictionaries, and methods, most of them primary sources. It is arranged chronologically and spans from 1600 through the first quarter of the 20th century, offering a comp...
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Robin Eubanks on "Electric Trombone"
Robin Eubanks is doing some interesting things with electronics and trombone. The techniques are not really new, but he has made this type of playing a specialty. He calls this tune “Blues for Jimi Hendrix.”
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Trombone History: Marguerite Dufay, Parisian Music Hall Trombonist
In 1899, Louis Anquetin (1861-1932), a respected anti-Impressionist artist, published this lithograph of trombonist Marguerite Dufay. Part of the “Les Maitre de L’Affiches” series, it portrays a woman categorized among comique excentrique entertainers of the popular Parisian mu...
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Slow Motion Embouchure
The trombone embouchure as you’ve never seen it before. Not sure what if anything can be gleaned from this in terms of playing technique, but it’s kind of interesting to watch. There are also 2 follow-up videos on YouTube.
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Trombone History: Salvation Army
Added the following photo to the Trombone History Timeline (20th century):
c. 1916—Chicago, Illinois: A photograph of Chicago Salvation Army Band members shows tuba, trombone, horns, trumpets, and cornet (see facing image) (Chicago Daily News negatives collection, DN-0066...
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Just for Fun--Musical Roller Coaster
The ups and downs of music performance.
Roller Coaster from crisoldemusicas on Vimeo.
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Trombone History: Painting of Female Trombonist
Although it has perhaps not been widely known, there are records of female trombonists throughout trombone history, dating back to the 16th century. The Trombone History Timeline shows, for example, entries from 1594, 1600, 1613, 1618, 1630, and 1632 that detail activitie...