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Hello everyone,

Does exist any Dillonish style trombone shop in Europe? I want to find a place where I can try different good trombones, variety of models and brands, etc... It's impossible to find this in Barcelona or Spain...

I found Musik Bertram in Freiburg where there is a very good selection of bones, but do you know more really good shops?

Thanks!

Albert

Adams in Netherlands

I think that's more or less the two adresses you should try in europe.

You've not heard of Thomann.de then?

Pre59 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 1:14 pm You've not heard of Thomann.de then?

Aren't they exclusively an online shop? Didn't know you could visit them.

I was impressed by Park... oh wait. Not in Europe anymore.

Bach5G wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 1:34 pm I was impressed by Park... oh wait. Not in Europe anymore.

Europe is a continent. Not a union of countries.

cozzagiorgi wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 1:25 pm

Pre59 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 1:14 pm You've not heard of Thomann.de then?

Aren't they exclusively an online shop? Didn't know you could visit them.

Yes, you can visit them, there's a walkthrough on this page https://www.thomann.de/gb/compinfo_tour_2.html

Pre59 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 2:09 pm

cozzagiorgi wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 1:25 pm

Aren't they exclusively an online shop? Didn't know you could visit them.

Yes, you can visit them, there's a walkthrough on this page https://www.thomann.de/gb/compinfo_tour_2.html

I've been to Thomann a few times. Their setup with a room full of trombones is pretty nice and they have a very wide selection to try out, from their own-brand value models right up to the fancy stuff. The shop, and indeed the warehouse, are in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere. The closest city is Bamberg which is always worth a visit, along with the region known as the Fränkische Schweiz (Franconian Switzerland).

cozzagiorgi wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 1:41 pm

Bach5G wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 1:34 pm I was impressed by Park... oh wait. Not in Europe anymore.

Europe is a continent. Not a union of countries.

Not according to this picture of "Continental Europe":

Note that England (actually, all of Great Britain and Ireland) and Iceland are also considered part of Europe. Not all European countries are in EU.

Greenland?

Admittedly, a little light on trombone shops.

Greenland is a colony of Denmark, but is considered North America.

harrisonreed wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 5:29 pm

cozzagiorgi wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 1:41 pm

Europe is a continent. Not a union of countries.

Not according to this picture of "Continental Europe":

Except that the adjective "Continental" is a geograpical descriptor for a subset of a larger whole, akin to "Continental US," not a politcal delimiter. "Europe," as Bruce observes, encompasses territory beyond that lying within the boundaries of "Continental Europe," just as "The United States of America" encompasses territory beyond the boundaries the "Continental US," i.e., Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Right, exactly my point! Under your logic, if Hawaii left the US, it would no longer be a part of it. So if you want to think of it in political terms, Britain bailed. So...



But geologically, Britain is part of Asia

harrisonreed wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:13 pm Right, exactly my point! So if you want to think of it in political terms, Britain bailed. So...



But geologically, Britain is part of Asia

Britain may have bailed, but Ireland didn't.

Neither did Scotland and N Ireland. Both supported Remain, fuelling Scottish independence. N Ireland is a bit trickier.

Ok... back on topic. All your opinions have been heard

harrisonreed wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:13 pm Right, exactly my point! Under your logic, if Hawaii left the US, it would no longer be a part of it. So if you want to think of it in political terms, Britain bailed. So...



But geologically, Britain is part of Asia

But Europe, unlike the US, is not—and never has been—a single political entity, not even in the days of the Roman Empire, because, as stated above, "Europe" is a GEOGRAPHICAL descriptor, not a political one, so exclusion from the European Union (a political entity), whether voluntary or involuntary, does not change a country's geographical status.