Well, the thing doesn't really sound like a Trombone.

High Frequency content, the overtone series, appears to be truncated. As I would expect in this situation. The entire thing is likely vibrating more than brass construction would, thus robbing energy.

As we have all likely found out by using MIDI, it is very likely the same situation where an instrument seems to sound like that instrument to almost everyone but a player of that particular instrument.

So I would not look at this as a replacement for the standard brass instrument, but rather as an addition to it, a novelty axe that a trombonist could use to add interest to the performance. If done with taste, of course.

The Youtube example presented here shows a really good tromonist playing funk style. I think that is most probably due to the plastic bone being able to work well there. It may not work as well in a more "classic" setting (which in this situation would refer to more than what we call "classical" style of music). I don't think it would sound as good as the brass instrument if presented in a Tommy Dorsey style demo...


--Mac

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