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Alto Sackbut NARTISS Latvia NATB711-2 (antique plated)

Estimated price for orientation: 760 $

Category: Trombones
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Condition: New: A brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging (where packaging is applicable). Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in non-retail packaging, such as an unprinted box or plastic bag. See the seller's listing for full details. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition Brand: NARTISS Latvia
Bell Material: Yellow Brass Model: NATB711-2
Key: Es Finish: Antique plated
Items Included: Case, Mouthpiece


Handmade instrument  Bell 101 mm  Bore 10,10 mm  Yellow Brass bell  Hard chrome-plated nickel silver inner slidesDouble Layer bell with no wire inside edge of the bell Lacquered - model NATB711-1 or antique lacquered - model NATB711-2  2 tuning slides - 442 Hz (can be tuned to 440 Hz) and 415 Hz   Gold plated mouthpiece with specially designed lip plate for more comfortable playing        Slide:    7 positions on tuning 442Hz6 positions on tuning 415Hz    Very lightweight and ultra-compact case  88,5cm X 16cm X 20/24cmLubricant for slide  Audio files how instrument sound You can listen here - http://www.nartiss.lv/en/news/article/lorem-ipsum-dolor-sit-ametMore info at - http://www.nartiss.lv/en/catalogue/view/51Description and history of instrument - http://www.nartiss.lv/en/news/article/lorem-ipsum-dolor-sit-ametWho is Vairis Nartiss?            Vairis Nartiss is a trombone player from Latvia. He has a solo career in Latvia, he plays the trombone in the Latvian National Opera Symphony Orchestra, he has his own music store NartissLV, and his own Support programm for talented kids to support their development in their professional life.                 In his solo career he develop instrumental peformances, and works hard to make trombone as attractive instrument. He also uses many contemporary devices to get more plentyful  sound out of the trombone - multi effect proccessors, loop machine etc. He is looking also on the trombone some effects which have also very rich range of his own potential - 2 voice, 3 voices, rales etc.                   For this moment Vairis Nartiss is one of the biggest Authority in Latvian Brass movement.                   V.Nartiss now has one of the biggest Music stores in Latvia, with quite big warehouse and in the set with this stock he develops new Musical instruments, like this Sackbut and accessories for contemporary Brass instruments, like Exclusive Wooden Mutes for Trumpet and Trombone and handguards for Brass instruments to protect them from hand sweat.                          How did it start?            It started around 2009 - Vairis Nartiss wanted to purchase Sackbut to test how does it sound, to see if he has any interest in learning to play on it? Unfortunately it was very hard to find any cheap, good quality instruments. Used instrument market for early instruments was  also empty - nobody sold these instruments, but new instruments were very expensive.                   Finally V.Nartiss got instrument and started to learn it - how to play and how is it built. In 2010 he attracted 3 craftsmen and slowly, step-by-step started to build new Sackbuts. They all tested a lot of features how to get better sound.They were also looking for innovations to "faciliate life" for performers who will play new NARTISS Sackbut. Finally in 2012 this instrument is finished. NARTISS team is happy to offer you our first instrument on the International market.                     We are sure that our Sackbut with many innovations will attract more and more performers - not only professionals. We hope that this competitive price will attract many students, amateurs and music fanciers who like to play early brass music.        In the construction of our Sackbut NARTISS NATB711 we made some innovations.            1. No wire in the bell. It was a big challenge to build up professional bell with double layer on the bell but without the inside wire.         Why did we do that? It helps to get more colourful sound. Wire in the bell gathers the sound and performer has less choice how to make his sound more colourful with his lips, breathing and emotions.                    2. Mouthpiece. To distract any allergic reactions which can proceed from unplated or silver plated mouthpieces, we made Gold plated finish to our mouthpiece.                   We analized how to form our point of view for making the balance between early design and thickness of the walls of our mouthpiece.                    We made a little bigger backbore to get more powerful sound in the set with our bell without wire.                   Last thing for our mouthpiece is rounded lip plate - for usual Baroque instrument mouthpieces one of biggest problem is straight ans axle lip plate. This is a reason why it is not possible to play this instrument for very long time - Your lips soon become tired, isn't it? We were working to get this balance between early music soun