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Where else would you find a bargain like this (price just reduced from $105.12!):
https://www.ebay.com/i/173251412423?ul_noapp=true

This makes me jealous of trumpeters, who can apparently play this instrument like a clarinet (as long as you hold it pointing straight down and use BOTH white gloves)!

If the trumpet section sitting behind me in my big band played like this, I could toss out those earplugs!
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Don't worry, they did not leave us out. :biggrin:
(Looks like the one Trent Hamilton reviewed on his channel :horror: )

https://www.ebay.com/itm/School-Band-St ... c&_ipg=200
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But neither is Band Director approved! :amazed:

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But it's left-handed! :cool:
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But - whether right or left-handed - can you play the Chinese trombone pointing vertically downward (like the trumpet) - and still move the slide?

I think I'll bring a pair of white gloves to my next rehearsal to look more professional!
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Impressive new technique. Those clever Chinese invent a new way to play after centuries of people doing it wrong.

While we are admiring, I note you can get a PROFESSIONAL trombone for under a hundred bucks. Easy-sneezy to get good return on your investment there.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/School-Band-Student-Bb-Slide-Trombone-BB-Professional-with-Tuner-Case-Care-Kit/152242323384?epid=2071035287&hash=item2372597fb8:g:htcAAOSw8gVX2h5U
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SlidemanSailor wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2018 9:53 pm Impressive new technique. Those clever Chinese invent a new way to play after centuries of people doing it wrong.
Nothing new. I've seen people play trumpet like that before...
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I did get a new Bach 6 3/4C off eBay for $36.00

There are some good ones there.
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Oh, man, and now I learn that when I played sax for all those years as a young man... I had the mouthpiece upside down! Thanks to this guy here. https://www.ebay.com/itm/362385623432 I am so embarrassed...
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greenbean wrote: Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:29 pm Oh, man, and now I learn that when I played sax for all those years as a young man... I had the mouthpiece upside down! Thanks to this guy here. https://www.ebay.com/itm/362385623432 I am so embarrassed...
So sorry, Tom - please don't cry! :weep:

Trombone was also my consolation prize - my brother played saxophone. But he gave it up (after playing recorder for a few years) - and (many decades later) I still play my trombone! :wink:
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LOL! What do you think Doug??? Think we've finally found a trumpet Type III?

On a serious note, I did buy my YSL-354 I use for jazz for $150 on eBay...
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Regarding the upside-down saxophone mouthpiece : I saw the "Carabinieri" Band [Policeman's Band] from Rome, Italy way back in the 60's and most of their single reed players had their mouthpieces positioned "Upside-Down" ! Was it a normal Italian method ?
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2bobone wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 1:20 pm Regarding the upside-down saxophone mouthpiece : I saw the "Carabinieri" Band [Policeman's Band] from Rome, Italy way back in the 60's and most of their single reed players had their mouthpieces positioned "Upside-Down" ! Was it a normal Italian method ?
Nope.
My guess is some stupid military order... Carabinieri are a part of the italian armed forces, not the police.
Or maybe a superstition, we italian are really superstitious :-)

But I have never seen someone play this way, and I have seen bands from sicily to Milano.
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Or they painted a "reed" on the top of the mouthpiece to be funny? I had a HS bandmate who did this. He used a backwards lig, so it looked pretty confusing. He was definitely a funny guy!
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(I have tried playing upside-down. It is pretty much impossible.)
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greenbean wrote: Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:29 pm Oh, man, and now I learn that when I played sax for all those years as a young man... I had the mouthpiece upside down! Thanks to this guy here. https://www.ebay.com/itm/362385623432 I am so embarrassed...
Nah. You had it right for you, he's got it right for him 'cuz he's got an upstream embouchure. :amazed: :amazed: :amazed:

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2bobone wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 1:20 pm Regarding the upside-down saxophone mouthpiece : I saw the "Carabinieri" Band [Policeman's Band] from Rome, Italy way back in the 60's and most of their single reed players had their mouthpieces positioned "Upside-Down" ! Was it a normal Italian method ?
Chalumeau and early clarinets were played with the reed on top. I wouldn't be surprised that some local schools of playing kept that feature until quite late.
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