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Black coffee has very little stuff dissolved. Add cream or sugar and you have a nice mold growth medium.

Your weekly clean should be OK with black coffee (or black tea) but anything added toi it is asking for trouble.

As he explained in an earlier thread, he had intended to make a more compact instrument for travel. For this purpose he made a "bass" in Db with two valves. Tubing is bass sized (0.562", 14.3 mm). He claimed that several pro players tried it and liked it. I haven't had a chance to try one (and not l...

The tuning slide on the older 88H was quite long. Same goes for the original Holton 158/159. The tuning slide on my King 7B F side is long enough to pull to flat E (though I don't really need to). Maybe this also applies to the Benge 175F/190F. I don't know of any of the open wrap designs with a lon...

Davidx504 wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:04 am

BrianJohnston wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:35 pm

Expensive!
Yeah but GrIeco has some pretty expensive pieces too. Somehow they managed to get 4 on the board. But a whopping zero?? That's crazy.

What do you think we are? Trumpet players?

The kick on Lindberg mouthpieces is the very thin rim. If you use a lot of pressure it can really dig in and affect your endurance.

I personally like the "tulip" shapes since I used a Conn Remington since High School (later changed to Denis Wick).

Still, I use any shape that works.

Not sure why your images don't load -- I was able to see them by "quoting" your post and hand-pasting the image URLs into my browser.

Very interesting idea.

The Eb and later D slides for the 2nd valve were a result of pros asking if low C could be moved a little further in to make better fingerings. We eventually learned that a "fast E pull" was not the best use of the 2nd valve.

The original second valve on double valve bass trombones was supposed to be a "fast E pull" and thus put the instrument in flat E -- just long enough to reach low B at the end of the slide. The original King Duo Gravis, Holton 180, and Bach 50B2 were set up this way.

We are in a "K" shaped recovery. The well-to-do are doing very well indeed, while the lower income workers are doing worse and worse. Not helped by an administration that doesn't seem to care for the lower end workers (except to exploit them for political purposes). The fact that we are living throu...

Mercedes was intended as a "step up" horn above the Bundy and below the Stradivarius. A modern equivalent would be the TB-200.

Most were made in the 1950s to 1970s.

Since you don't seem to be selling this instrument, I'm moving this post to the regular Instruments section.

I think Doug Elliott makes a shank for large bore Olds.

baileyman wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:53 am
Wonderful thread illustrating how what works for on may not work for another.

To quote Sam Burtis (Sabutin): Try everything. Use what works -- for you.

Really depends on what isn't working. Some I discard immediately because they are uncomfortable (rim size or rim shape). Some take longer because they have the wrong depth or aperture. Some I keep because they suddenly work because of a change in my playing. An example if the last is my set of tuba ...

I have one. 1964 vintage. It used to belong to a guy who played a lot of Dixieland (small combo). I've played lead on it. Nice horn. Not tinny at all.

Feels more 3B-ish than 2B-ish.

Bell is gold brass.

Wonder if the strings get doubling fees if they have to play gut strings.

Is there a reason it has to meet government specs? If not, I'd try a hard reset. Then start ditching programs you don't know what they do.

Worst case you may need to delete EVERYTHING and build it anew.

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Keeps me busy, but I appreciate the security.

greenbean wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:20 am
Come to think of it, I used to own a 1971 Olds Delta 88... Uh-oh...

My father had two of them: 1965 and 1973 (in succession). I drove that 65 in New York City traffic (with my heart in my mouth). Enough reminiscing.

I'll keep an eye out for racist Conn trombone players.

I doubt Vintage88H is being political. He's used that name back in the Trombone Forum days. He's a collector in Austria and sometimes I marvel at the esoteric models he's looking for.

Also conjecture is the often repeated claim that the Yamaha 643 was a "copy" or "clone" of the Conn 88H. It is a clone only in the sense that it has a closed wrap F-att and red brass bell. All the components of the horn actually not very similar looking. And anyone who has played a 643 knows that t...

I don't remember seeing any "88" names. Mostly I get a name and the first post is in Russian with a picture of a cement factory or an agricultural product. Also one with lists of pharmaceuticals (all probably counterfeit). Thanks for the heads up. I was not aware of the significance of 88. Wonder if...

As far as I know the shanks are not series specific. They are mated to cup depth, so an E cup plus D shank is too long (although not that much in this particular case).

I don't even own a 9 shank so I must duck your second question.

I'm not sure what's going on, but I put in a vote for Ultimate Brass a few days ago, and there were a few other votes there. Today, there were no votes, and it looked like there were a few other brands that had been wiped out too. I just added my vote to Ultimate again. Jim Scott It's possible that...

I have a Benterfa wood. My experience is much like yours with the Kelly. I call it my "chamber mouthpiece". I don't use it much for that reason. Certainly a handsome looking mouthpiece. Not sure which wood it is, but it looks like walnut.

Tom, what you describe we in the US refer to as "butt dialing" since a lot of folks keep the cell phone in the rear pocket of the pants and when they sit on it some odd buttons get pressed. I remember getting a butt dial call from somebody at a company that had fired me. Listened to a lot of idle no...

Older 36s came with a 7C. The ads I saw in the 1960s said so. We used smaller mouthpieces back then.

I think the 6.5AL is probably a better fit.

Could be your telephone supplier making updates (some of which are "updates"). If your phone is Chinese, it could be contacting the Beijing Government with your location. If it's a US Gummint issue, have the IT folks look it over. If it's yours, maybe go to the phone supplier and see if it can be re...

The Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra did a Brachianas Brasilieros arranged for trombone and orchestra. Chat Member Macbone was the soloist. I don't remember which one it was -- maybe he does.

ich komme aus Deutschland :). I am from GERMANY, thanks/qwerty Sollte das nicht "quertz" sein? Shouldn't it be "quertz" (German keyboard)? :wink: Herzlich willkommen! Welcome! Where are you? I'm just outside of Berlin Maybe he's just addressing those of us with English keyboards. Or he is really Yo...

Moved this to Media, although there probably ought to be a "Music" subcategory. This comes up from time to time: "I have the Concerto by Walter Plinge and I'm missing the 3rd page of the solo Zaripophone part ..." .

ich komme aus Deutschland :). I am from GERMANY, thanks/qwerty Hey! I'm from Switzerland. So if you have enough of the English blabla, shoot me a pm :-) I think we are allowed to speak German in pm even if it isn't the "official" language. What do you think Bruce! :-) You can communicate in any lan...

It's actually a nice combination to play tenor parts on a bass. When I was taking lessons as a returning adult I used a 4G on my King 7B to play my Rochuts. Of course, I went back to a bass mouthpiece when I needed to play the bass parts.

Does it have a 402 engine? 508?

Welcome. Most of us speak English, and that is the official language of the Chat. Also, please keep your comments related to trombone (posaune) playing.

Depending on the level the orchestra you might be able to pull that off. Maybe. Are you saying a MD/Conductor has no recourse if a player doesn't fit with his section nand orchestra? Really depends on the orchestra. If you have the Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony, or any top tier orchestra the...

Zac, the cites you posted don't work.

bigbandbone wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 07, 2021 10:23 am
V cup in the 1 1/2G range.

You mean like a bass trombone Helleberg?

Lard would have been a candidate in the Renaissance. Nobody sold SOM back then...

Little gummy, though.

As for the original question... My recommendation: Anyone who runs out of slide lube should immediately buy more. In today's plague economy that isn't always possible. Los Angeles is in full lockdown and stores aren't open (as an example). If you are a kid, you may not have the credit cards needed ...

I believe the original "WD" meant "water dispersant". To the extent the Pond's works by beading up your spray into water beads that your slide "rolls" on, seems likely not to work too well. I may experiment though on an unimportant slide... According to Cheesebrough-Pond's, the formula for Pond's h...

I had a "pre fire" student Getzen and it was HORRIBLE. If it has bent hex stock for the bracing, avoid.

I understand the last 20 years have been good horns. I just am still recovering from the bad experience of my horn in the 1960s.

Hand slides? :eek: :eek: I used lanolin on my tuning slides. Works OK when it's warm out, but here in the "frozen north" it can be a problem in winter. I've stopped paying attention to anything this kid has to say. True, but others haven't and I want to make sure that bad info doesn't get transmitt...

Elow wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 06, 2021 9:34 am
Personally i prefer to use lanolin on my slides, makes them silky smooth

Hand slides?

I used lanolin on my tuning slides. Works OK when it's warm out, but here in the "frozen north" it can be a problem in winter.

ArbanRubank wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 06, 2021 9:30 am
Lemon Pledge anyone?

Only in the pump spray bottle.

I was skeptical about that. The person who reccomended this also said that it's made of fish oil. Anyways, say I'm out of lube and I can't go to the store because of lockdown, what is the best alternative? Do you have access to some Pond's cold cream? Even the new stuff works OK (but use less). If ...

The CO has an advantage over my C. With the traditional wrap the brace for the straight gooseneck is too close to the tuning slide brace and thus you can't put on the counterweight. I've found that I tend to use my 36C with the attachment in all the time, but maybe you would want to play the straigh...

Do I detect a hint of acid bleed around the bell rim? This generally doesn't affect how it plays, but could be off-putting to the more anal of us.

Sorry, I really didn't mean to imply that Mike liked the pBone Mini. I really like listening to his clips as released to his fanbase. He doesn't play a pBone. When I said "it" I meant Alto Trombone, not the pBone.

jbeatenbough wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:45 pm
I think I can spin my banjo without one...oh....never mind, I just dropped it.

BTW, anyone want to buy a used banjo?

Don't leave it outside in your car. Someone may break in and leave 2 more

That worked, Tim. The pBone Mini is OK as a learning tool, but I'd really hesitate to take it anywhere that mattered. But if all you are looking for is something to learn alto trombone on it's definitely a cheap entry ticket. Mike Lake is a really good alto player. He seems to just like the sound of...

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