Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 21 hours ago
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Great aftermarket slides by M/K drawing... mkdrawing.com
Well, you'll get to decide for yourself if they work. :) I believe there IS a difference - but it is subtle; overtones become different with each metal, perhaps more so than general tone. It takes a good ear to perceive the difference and, as seems so often the case, microphones and speakers don't always tell the whole tale. I'll first use the standard Bach D slide that came with this Strad (which is a standard weight 43 bell, Sterling Silver Plus bell. Second, I use a D-shaped (like the original Bach) Nickel-Silver tuning slide (all the aftermarket slides are by MK), then a dark Bronze radial slide, and lastly a Square Sterling Silver slide. I then use the Nickel-Silver slide with a great ACB Al Cass 1-27 mouthpiece, the Bronze slide with a Reeves C2J (a great trumpet/flugel piece), and lastly I use the square Sterling Silver slide with a Reeves 42C (a great play off of Bach's 7B mouthpiece [I've read that Doc Severinsen really likes this mouthpiece with a 5'ish Bach rim]). Enjoy! :)
Original Brass Slide: 5:01
Nickel-Silver Slide: 7:28
Bronze Ovate Slide: 9:51
Sterling Silver Slide: 11:46
Nickel-Silver Slide w/ Cass 1-27 Mouthpiece: 14:24
Bronze Slide w/ Reeves C2J Mouthpiece: 15:57
Sterling-Silver w/ Reeves 42B Mouthpiece: 18:45
Items for sale: trumpetherald.com/marketplace.php?own=15921
Great aftermarket slides by M/K drawing... mkdrawing.com
Well, you'll get to decide for yourself if they work. :) I believe there IS a difference - but it is subtle; overtones become different with each metal, perhaps more so than general tone. It takes a good ear to perceive the difference and, as seems so often the case, microphones and speakers don't always tell the whole tale. I'll first use the standard Bach D slide that came with this Strad (which is a standard weight 43 bell, Sterling Silver Plus bell. Second, I use a D-shaped (like the original Bach) Nickel-Silver tuning slide (all the aftermarket slides are by MK), then a dark Bronze radial slide, and lastly a Square Sterling Silver slide. I then use the Nickel-Silver slide with a great ACB Al Cass 1-27 mouthpiece, the Bronze slide with a Reeves C2J (a great trumpet/flugel piece), and lastly I use the square Sterling Silver slide with a Reeves 42C (a great play off of Bach's 7B mouthpiece [I've read that Doc Severinsen really likes this mouthpiece with a 5'ish Bach rim]). Enjoy! :)
Original Brass Slide: 5:01
Nickel-Silver Slide: 7:28
Bronze Ovate Slide: 9:51
Sterling Silver Slide: 11:46
Nickel-Silver Slide w/ Cass 1-27 Mouthpiece: 14:24
Bronze Slide w/ Reeves C2J Mouthpiece: 15:57
Sterling-Silver w/ Reeves 42B Mouthpiece: 18:45
