unusual grip

[jacobgarchik]

What's with this grip?
I tried it and...it's not bad actually. Bell section sits on your forearm. A little discombobulating to hear the sound from the bell that far down but not terrible.

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[Burgerbob]

Ahh, Kyle...

[jacobgarchik]

Explain please!
I think it's great. More weird grips needed.

[ngrinder]

Wow, Kyle was my counselor at Cazadero Music Camp when I was in 6th grade and he was at Juilliard. We LOVED Kyle, to his surprise. Happy to see him doing so well and holding the trombone like that.

[jacobgarchik]

also according to this it's part of a 1920s 8h

So apropos of that discussion that's one more major orchestra player with a vintage horn, or part of one anyway.

[Burgerbob]

Explain please!
I think it's great. More weird grips needed.

I won't say too much, but Kyle isn't exactly the paragon I would follow.

[noordinaryjoe]

I don't know Kyle from Adam...but with the extra counterweight in the first screenshot I would have guessed it was more down to ergonomics/injury...just a WAG, though...

[harrisonreed]

I've seen dudes holding trombones like that in drawings from the 1500s. Now I know that the artist actually could draw what he was seeing.

This is a time traveler.

[Basbasun]

I often did hold my bass sackbuts like that, especially when crocked in D. I did play sackbuts pretty much in several years.

[AndrewMeronek]

Thinking on it a bit - yeah, sure it makes sense that would work. Seems like the slide receivers on that horn are unusually short. The first one, can't tell on the lower pic.