[Trombone-l] [EXTERNAL] Quadrabone

Earl Needham earl.kd5xb at gmail.com
Sun Oct 25 23:07:31 CDT 2020


Make that 2015.  Darned old fat fingers...

Earl


On Sun, Oct 25, 2020, 10:06 PM Earl Needham <earl.kd5xb at gmail.com> wrote:

> I believe the Quadrobone was discussed on the list a bit in 2010, 2013,
> and 2025.
>
> https://youtu.be/1HDSbHy06as
>
> Earl
> Clovis, New Mexico USA
>
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2020, 9:15 PM John Noxon via Trombone-l <
> trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
>
>> Don also made a Short Bone, It was a valve trombone. It was from an old
>> Earl Williams design. I have one that Earl did. Its a King from around 1912
>> that he modified. I'll post a picture of this one.
>>
>> j
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Oct 25, 2020, at 18:12, Price Taylor via Trombone-l <
>> trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > That's definitely it! I was mispelling it!
>> >
>> > On Sun, Oct 25, 2020, 5:49 PM Danner, Mearl via Trombone-l <
>> > trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Found this. Link to seller says not found.
>> >>
>> >> http://cardinalband.org/index_files/page0358.htm
>> >>
>> >> Marching bands that did a lot of dancing used them. Saw Tennessee State
>> >> band use them years ago.
>> >>
>> >> Probably replaced by valved marching brass now.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Mearl
>> >>
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>> >> From: Trombone-l <trombone-l-bounces at trombonelist.org> on behalf of
>> Price
>> >> Taylor via Trombone-l <trombone-l at trombonelist.org>
>> >> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2020, 7:15 PM
>> >> To: List Trombone
>> >> Subject: [EXTERNAL][Trombone-l] Quadrabone
>> >>
>> >> Three years ago, I was at Vashon, Washington and went into a musical
>> >> instrument store. They had what I "think" is called a quadrabone.
>> >>
>> >> I played it, it was undoubtedly made for pit band/orchestra. The slide
>> is
>> >> quite short with four bends, necessary for the requisite Bb trombone
>> >> physics. They wanted $300 for it..Wasn't worth it.
>> >>
>> >> As you might imagine, this is a fairly stuffy instrument.
>> >>
>> >> However, if you google quadrabone, you won't find anything.
>> >>
>> >> Anyone know anything about it?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in advance!
>> >>
>> >> Price
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