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Author: George L Smyth
Date: 2002-06-05 21:48
Sorry for the off-topic post, but I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction. I am wanting to get my son a trombone (he no interest in clarinet, unfortunately) and have not been able to find a discussion board such as this, so that I can get informed opinions on what I should get.
Does anyone know of such a board where I could get some direction?
Thanks, and again, sorry for being so off-topic.
Cheers -
george
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Author: Lawrence
Date: 2002-06-06 00:14
George,
THE SITE is www.trombone.org
Go to the forum. You'll find lots of good stuff. I double on clarinet and trombone. If I can help, email me directly.
Lawrence
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2002-06-06 11:43
Try a King. They are all generally good including the student models but get the slide set up before you start. Conn professional models are good, student models are so so. Yamaha student models rot if they are not intensely scrutinised, poor metal and too light. The pro models have better metal but are still made in Indonesia! Custom models are great. Jupiter have an interesting design for small hands but you get what you pay for. Bach Strad's are inconsistent but great if you geta good one. Holton aren't bad as student horns.
Besson's are heavier than American horns and come in International or Sovereign models and are available for whatever you are willing to spend.
The creme de la creme are very definitely Selmer Paris. I dont play but I repair a substantial number of trombones. I do repairs for all the local pro players and my partner is a trombonist, King addict, so I have something to offer.
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Author: Mike_M
Date: 2002-06-06 20:33
George,
You might try www.charlesfail.com. I've bought several woodwinds and friends have bought brass instruments from them. They have repaired everything they sell and seem fairly priced.
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Author: George L Smyth
Date: 2002-06-07 12:11
Thank you for the information. I have gone over to trombone.org and gotten some additional information there. It looks like I will probably go the eBay route and (as always) will keep an eye on the feedback (one person is selling a bunch of trigger trombones at good prices, but their feedback will keep me from considering them). I did check www.charlesfail.com, but the two they had were out of my price range.
Cheers, and thanks -
george
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Author: ron b
Date: 2002-06-07 16:23
eBay... I'd be verrry cautious in that neighborhood :|
My senses tell me, with trumpets and trombones, you should feel them and have a look at the valves and/or slides. You really can't tell what those components are like without a close hands on examination.
Unless you know the seller has more than cursory knowledge of brass instruments... well, happy hunting
Mark P. *might* agree with me on this: the Average repair tech should not monkey with trombone slides, at least until they've had additional training. It falls into the 'specialty' category. If you buy one with the idea of 'putting it in shape' for a few bucks, make sure you know a tech who has lots of experience with trombones.
I don't mean to be a wet blanket. However, I've heard the sobs and watched the air turn blue from a frustrated tech trying to get a trombone slide to work properly. It looks simple. It isn't.
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Author: tim k
Date: 2002-06-07 16:29
A poster on sax on the web, I think it was Bootman, referred to trombones as "manually operated pitch approximators."
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Author: ron b
Date: 2002-06-07 17:36
Bootman is far out funny. Reminds me of my boot camp drill instructor.
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Author: Meredith
Date: 2002-06-10 23:20
Second hand brass instruments are definitely more of a gamble than woodwinds and as was mentioned in an above post, trombone slides are very fragile.
I play in a brass band and our conductor prefers Bach trombones. The other instruments we have in the band include King and Conn.
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