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If the Conn 88H is the one from Greenbean, it would be a good choice. I treasure my 71/72 88H, and Greenbean is supplying his with a newer, smoother slide. He is honest and fair. And the price is reasonable. If (for some reason) it doesn't suit you, it is readily resalable - though I predict you'll ...

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30hzbone wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:15 pm

heinzgries wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:01 am
are CBK mouthpieces and UMI mouthpieces the same?
I have a CBK 1 1/4 H and a King 1 1/4 H which is exactly the same.

And I have a CKB 5G and a King 5G which appear to be identical.

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Slidebone.com has the "Easy Care Slide Sheath" for $5.00 each. Buy 4 for the same amount as the Slide-o-mix sheaths. http://slidebone.com/index.php?cPath=668_669_682_1265&osCsid=3rsvk8vdmmmg9qv0ttsr44vff5 Has anyone had experience with Slidebone.com? I'm not familiar with that store. Sheath price i...

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hyperbolica wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:29 am
I have the EazyBucket, as do several other players around here. They sound great, easy on-off, and are cheaper.

Eazy Bucket: http://www.theeazybucket.com/

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I'm not sure I'd term this monstrosity an "instrument;"
I'm sure I wouldn't call it "musical!"

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Diana6 wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 13, 2018 3:55 pm
Would a 7C would work well with a 356R for a 14 year old?

A 7C should work just fine with a Yamaha 356R. This is a good combination, that your son should acclimate to quickly - and then concentrate on making music, and not worry too much about equipment!

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Robert,

You scared the sheet out of me!

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaha-620-F-A ... rk:11:pf:0

Seems like this would be a good value. Yamaha makes fine trombones.

Good luck finding it a new home.

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Geordie wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 12, 2018 8:31 am

Hoping that its not the new mouthpiece 'honeymoon effect' I'm planning to use the Olds 3 on the Olds and the Wedge on the King.

Geordie,

I think this is a reasonable, good, and effective strategy. I believe that Olds mouthpieces do work well on Olds small-bore trombones.

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pompatus wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:11 pm
Of the three, the Yamaha will easily be the most consistent.

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The trombone and organ parts are available on the Petrucci Music Library site:
https://imslp.org/

Make a contribution and download it for yourself.

And don't be afraid of the long reach to the low C!

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It appears that you are right about the size.

From Google:
https://www.playgroundmusiccenter.com/p ... -case.aspx

If in good condition, the Yamaha 356R would be preferable to a Besson.

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If a Schilke 59 might be too big, a Bach 1G would probably also be too big, as would a Wick 0AL. For a high school sophomore just starting bass trombone, unless he has an unusual anatomy, I'd suggest starting even smaller, and letting him work up to a larger piece later, if it fits his face. My thou...

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Sounds like a good value. The Benge 165F is an excellent, undervalued 0.547" bore trombone!

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From "The Horn Guys" Website (https://www.hornguys.com/products/xo-1240-bass-trombone-1): This is a bass trombone with double inline rotary valve made by KHS music in Taiwan as part of their new professional series of instruments. The horn reminds us of the Yamaha 830 in shape and look. Three interc...

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harrisonreed wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 02, 2018 9:51 am
LOL. Correct. It is impossible for a trombone slide to be damaged by anything made out of aluminum.

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I never could understand why folks don’t just use the lubes that are designed for trombones [handslides, tuning slides, valves]. They are not THAT expensive. :good: And the various "brand name" trombone lubricants (Hetman, Slide-O-Mix, Yamaha, Ultra-Pure, Trombotine ...) all work well, as advertise...

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If Andy Martin plays it - and you can play half as well as Andy - it's a dream come true.
I've heard Andy play live several times - incredible! (Never checked out his trombone, though.)

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Well Tom, I really don't need another 3B-F; the one I own is just fine. But I don't play it much since I fell in love with my recently-acquired 1970 Conn 79H - that I play as often as I can (depending on ensemble and repertoire). I don't miss my now-sold Bach 36B at all. Besides, I'm still suffering...

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I know this has been kicking around the YouTube space for a few years, but I just discovered it - and enjoyed it greatly. Perhaps you haven't seen it:

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Kingfan wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:16 pm
Owner wised up - some. Price is now $100.

$100 is still a good price.

Could the owner be talked into shipping paid by buyer?

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Andrew, Hard to argue with your "Lesson Requirements" - these are common sense by now to most of us. It appears that you are teaching lots of young trombonists. One important "maintenance" item that I would add for them is: • Always brush your teeth after eating and before putting the trombone up to...

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Suggest you go to Web Sites of the various trombone manufacturers ( e.g. , Conn-Selmer, Yamaha, Getzen, Holton, Kanstul, Rath, Shires, M&K, ...) or prominent retailers (Woodwind Brasswind, Dillon Music, Brook Mays, etc.). There you will find enough data to keep you busy on your project for quite a w...

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Just curious - what size is an Olds 21? Must be pretty rare. Large (Olds) or small (Olds) shank?

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Schlitz wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 04, 2018 11:55 am
But enough about playing like horn players. I’m more concerned about viola players carpooling in a Prius....

How many viola players does it take to ... ?

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I've never been able to get a "hornlike" sound by putting my hand in a trombone bell. You might try the hanging a fabric Softone - or a cap or beret - over the bell. Quick on, quick off!

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OK, I read the article (well, actually I scanned and skimmed). Nothing there that prompts me to think I can do anything about "mouthpiece selection." Please help me understand.

Or better yet, let's move on to more practical areas of discussion!

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mickael57280 wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 10, 2018 3:19 pm
I think it's more the approch to the trombone.
When the 3 cited play a solo it's very fast lots of notes and not so much dynamic nuance.

Really Mickael?

No nuance?

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Mouthpiece Charts: • Accurate - hardly (especially with so much sample-to-sample variation within any given mouthpiece designation). ...¤ Particularly unreliable with regard to Cup I.D., where there is no standard way / place to measure this dimension. ...¤ Listed Throat diameters are a little bette...

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I am eyeing a few trombones for sale online. There are so many though that do not show pictures of the inner slides. Also, why would so many people post blurry pictures to try to sell something? Can't really tell what the condition of the slide is by looking at the inners. This is why, if you purch...

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In my sister's household, there is only one trombone player among five members. Is that more typical? Yeah Steven, that sounds about right - 20% tromboning frequency. So extrapolating to the U.S. population of 325 million, there must be about 65 million trombonists within the U.S borders! :clever: ...

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I like my Reynolds - but it's a completely different animal from the Model 70. Mine is a Model 35 " Contempora " made in Cleveland in 1958. Entirely diffent horn, different era, different factory. Medium-bore Tenor trombone w/ closed wrap F-attachment, 0.520" bore, single rotor, 8.5" Bronz-o-lyte be...

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From http://contemporacorner.com/trombones/professional-trombones/ Circa 1949, Reynolds redesigned their entire trombone line. The new designs bear more than a passing resemblance to trombones made by Olds (where founder Foster A. Reynolds was working after selling Reynolds in 1946) rather than the ...

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Check with "greenbean" (Tom) to see if he has any of these Yamaha trombones left. He's a thoroughly honest and honorable seller!

greenbean wrote: ↑
Fri May 11, 2018 11:10 am
I have 2 or maybe 3 Yamaha 352/354 trombones that need to go away.

$100 each plus shipping.

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Oops - my bad. :idk: I was not aware that the small and large-shank Remington mouthpieces had the same cup size. So Bjr's plan makes sense after all. As a youngster, I would have had a bit of a hard time with a large cup mouthpiece on a medium-bore trombone - however the Remington and I never did ge...

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1965-1971 Conn 88H: My favorite trombones ever!

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Unfortunately, I believe the Conn "Remington" small shank mouthpieces do NOT have the same cup as the Remington large (88H) shank pieces. Perhaps I'm wrong and someone who has played one will correct me (they're pretty rare), but I think the cup is much smaller than either the large-shank Remington ...

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Tom,

I hope you received a decent price for the Conn 90G. $750 seemed VERY fair to me - not at all greedy or unreasonable.

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Since I could never adapt to the Remington mouthpiece that came with my old Conn 88H (just never clicked for me), I switched to a Bach 6½AL, which worked pretty well in spite of the slight mismatch in the shank taper. (Then I found a long-shank Schilke 51 which worked perfectly - but it's a little l...

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Diana6 wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 27, 2018 10:40 am
I am thinking about finding a bargain Ambassador or Yam 354.

Good choices.

Also any other affordable small-bore vintage Olds (Super, Special, Studio, ...) - all robust and generally easily repairable.

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GabeLangfur wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:13 pm
https://www.justforbrass.com/manufactur ... d-schwartz

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I'm not a Facebook user, but I received this information about DJ:
http://facebook.com/donald.j.kennedy2

No phone number, though.
Hope it's helpful.

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My Olds 1 mouthpieces (I have 2, from the Los Angeles / Fullerton era) look nothing like this one. They do not have this "sculpted" profile, but retain the classic Olds "tulip" shape. They are somewhat similar to a Bach 12C (same inside cup diameter - about 24.5mm, roughly similar cup depth) but wit...

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Apparently DJ Kennedy has not made the transition from the Trombone Forum to TromboneChat . I miss his (sometimes pithy, usually interesting) comments, and his knowledge of many things trombone. I have a friend who would like to contact DJ about a trombone purchase. All I know is that he lives in Ch...

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I'm thinking of having my mouthpiece (now brass) remade out of Bronze in order to get a warmer / darker sound. What do you guys think the effect would be? I think the effect will be whatever you imagine it is - i.e , the difference may all be in your head! Though it will be difficult to exactly cop...

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Aidan, I also am a stickler for slide cleanliness. My go-to is the H-W Brass-Saver cleaning brush. I use the "trombone" version for my small-bore tenors, and the "tuba" set for my bass trombone and large-bore tenors. These brushes do just about everything you can do with your rod and cloth; can be u...

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For what it's worth (given the "ish" nature of mouthpiece dimensions), I have a copy of a Giardinelli Mouthpiece Catalog from the 1990s that shows the 4C mouthpiece with an approximate "Medium" depth Cup Diameter of 25.4mm and a Bore Size of 5.75mm. This would make it essentially the same as a Bach ...

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mrdeacon wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 12, 2018 11:32 am
Many of them never made the move to here... but many people are now active on the trombone pedagogy on facebook. I highly recommend checking that page out!

Unfortunately, there are many of us who have no interest in Facebook, for a myriad of reasons.

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cozzagiorgi wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 12, 2018 1:43 am
I am still eagerly waiting for Sam Burtis to join tc...

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Pre59 wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:00 am
Giardinelli rim sizes? IME, add a hefty dose of "ish" to their specs.

Very true!

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