Slide end bumper?

[ssking2b]

several of us started an online joke about this 20 years ago on the first trombone list server. Hard to believe this stupid topic is still around!

[heldenbone]

Lol I was searching for people's opinions on the con 88h's springs at the slide bumper and this was recommended to me

Aha! The proximal end of the slide, not the distal (end crook / water valve) end.
I am a fan of the spring bumpers on my 1972 Conn 88H.
I like the ability to tune at the uncompressed spring and still be able to squeeze a little sharper for any flat-in-first-position notes.

I too appreciate slide springs - King 4BF, King Duo Gravis 6B, retrofitted Getzen 1062 bass bone. The Getzen basses have a bunch of room to play with an extended 1st pos. or you end up with the tuning slide way out.

[ssking2b]

I like the spring bumpers in my 1964 88H. I removed them for a while, but soon discovered that it was advantageous to have them.

[OneTon]

Aha! The proximal end of the slide, not the distal (end crook / water valve) end.
I am a fan of the spring bumpers on my 1972 Conn 88H.
I like the ability to tune at the uncompressed spring and still be able to squeeze a little sharper for any flat-in-first-position notes.

The trombone personified as patient. Bumper springs serve as:

1) Last chance to tune an uncooperative partial.
2) Preventing pain as the advancing student allows their slide to slam home into first position. (There exists an exercise to eradicate this problem.)
3) Something cool to add panache to the product line.
4) Something a would be inventor could submit a patent application for which if granted, they would add to their curriculum vitae (CV).

[musicofnote]

Slightly off topic, but does the same hold true for things like pencil holders, hand grips, etc?

Adding my $.02.

I have a pencil in a magnet that sticks to my music stand. Solves the pencil clip problem.

I've tried various grips and the one I felt the best about was the NeoTech. I did do an experiment long ago when i was having fatigue problems. The more I had to GRIP the horn, the less responsive I felt it to be, even less resonant. The Ergobone, for example, gave my horn a really free-blowing feel and bright sound, so bright I didn't like it. And had other problems, like with micro-angle shifts of the horn on the face. But the NeoTech found a sweet spot with minimal reduction in response and color that I could work with.

For various reasons I switched to a Yamaha strap and have a similar feeling playing with that as with the NeoTech. I'll stick with that until I pick out my new horn and then the experimenting starts - or not.