One of my former trombone teachers used to say that when the major Russian (I don't remember if this was Moscow or St. Petersburg) conservatory was set up the directors imported Germans to teach trombone, and Frenchmen and Italians to teach horn and trumpet. He characterized all Russian trombone players as "woofy" and decided that he didn't like the USSR Defense Ministry Band's recording of the Rimsky-Korsakov trombone concerto--until he heard it. Aaron J. Rabushka [log in to unmask]