Two things:
1) You are mixing bore size with instrument length. 95+% of instruments
with the F attachment use a large symphonic bore. It is the bore size,
and not the presence of an F attachment, that causes NYC jazz players to
bring the straight horns. Most of them probably do NOT own a
Hi Craig,
1) See Chris Smith's comments RE: why jazz players eschew the F
attachment. There are several high-profile jazz players who play large-
bore instruments -- none of them use F attachments.
2) I already agreed with you regarding the GPO orchestral t.tbn.
samples. Hell, I agree
