<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3>In a message dated 2/24/03 5:24:33 AM Central Standard Time, dingle@baldwin-net.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Jim Beebe wrote:<BR>
>Don Ingle has had the effrontery to suggest that the trombone is the<BR>
easiest instrument to play. <<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">I might have had the effbehintery as well, but I was facing the wrong</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">direction. My point was in regard to the rather amazing "fast study" of<BR>
Randy Reinhardt in his short time of mastering the trombone enough to work<BR>
with the demanding level of the Jim Cullum band as he did.<BR>
Any instrument requires both time and talent, but in his case, the time was<BR>
so short as to make one wonder at how he achieved it.<BR>
As for unique differences between trombonists, it exists between valve bone<BR>
players as well. Example - Frank Orchard with some of the Commadore/Condon<BR>
gang sides was different in sound than Brad Gowans, as were Bob Evoladsen<BR>
(sp) and Juan Tizol.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> I respect all trombonists, especially one James Beebe,</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">so order arms, marine, this is one "war" I'll skip.<BR>
Don Ingle<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> Oh, come on Don, let's duke it out. I say the valve trombone sucks.<BR>
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Jim Beebe<BR>
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