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In Reply to: RE: A discussion of "German" vs "American/Modern" Brass Sound posted by kitch29 on April 23, 2016 at 05:43:22:
One thing that I want to point out about the discussion linked here is the fact that the German made trombones were only in common use here in the US up until about 1950. That was over sixty years ago! However, it is true, as they say on there, that American brass players in general were heavily influenced back then by German playing styles - many of the great players and teachers that came over to the US in the 20s through the 40s were German, and American brass playing grew out of their styles. Both of my major teachers came from schools of playing that were originally German or Austrian, though their teachers were born in the US.
To answer the question below, yes, players choose their own instruments. Sometimes a section will choose to all play the exact same make of instrument, sometimes not. At one point, my section did for a few years, but mostly it has not. There are four of us in our horn section at the moment, with one open position, and only two of us play the same make of horn. The days of it being mandatory to play the same type of horn as the rest of the section are almost completely over in the US. This is one reason why regional styles are dying out, and brass sections are sounding more and more the same everywhere. It is much harder to tell different sections apart now than it was fifty years ago, that's for sure!
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