It always takes me a day or two to get used to the instrument. Anyway, I am surprised how different instruments play even from the same maker. Bambula AP2 mouthpiece whereas for my daily used Kruspe alto I use an old Ed. The comparison is not quite fair though because for my vacation Kruspe alto I use a Werner Christian Schmidt Prof. In contrast, for my daily used Kruspe alto, the Db is just fine, the partials line up much better in every position (i.e., need less adjustments), and the position schema is much easier to adopt when coming from a German tenor (in particular a Kruspe tenor). I played it over the holidays again and noticed that the positions are rather close to your position chart and surprisingly the Db is a bad note as well. I should measure them side-by-side but I keep them in different locations so that I don't need to carry instruments around. The bell is wider and it has a nickel outer slide with gold brass bow. I got another Kruspe alto that is built differently from my "daily used" Kruspe alto. Was the nice position chart in your alto methods book created before or after you cut your tuning slide? I notice the Db in 1st would be pretty flat according to your chart. I cut my 36H way down in the tuning slide and it solved all the problems I was having. Probably I don't understand trombone design. But I never understood why "American" altos would have a similar problem with the same partial. I always thought that the problem of Ab in 1st position with American trombones come from the fact that the slide is a bit shorter than German trombones. He also has another small bore developed for late Aline Nistad, Oslo Philharmonica. I believe the small bore is close to my Kruspe alto. The large bore is the Zeumer model developed for Manfred Zeumer, former principal trombone of Staatskapelle Dresden. He builds a couple of altos, small, medium, and large bore, all of them excellent. It will be also cheaper than Thein, probably between $30. I am sure Helmut Voigt in Markneukirchen can build you a superb new one without such a problem. (Also the Ab is right in tune and slots very well 1st (and 3rd) position on my Kruspe Weschke tenor.) Some nice old trombones don't have this problem. The Db on my Kruspe alto trombone is right in tune and slots well in both 1st and 3rd position.
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