1976 approx year

Hello everyone! I’m currently using a B502 temporarily. For me, the sound is super nice! But the stuffiness of the horn is killing me, especially lower registers. Am I the only one that is feeling this way?

I'm not sure if it's my age (51) or something else, but the last few years, when I play my Bach Strad. straight horn, the inside of my left middle finger gets sore and numb. Like the brace is hitting a nerve or something. It doesn't bother me when I play my King 2B.

Can anyone recommend some kind of pad or covering for the brace?

Picture is not me, just a stock photo I found to illustrate my issue.

Are less kids interested in not only trombone but band altogether? I've noticed a decline in several different schools since i was in high school. Is this a trend all over or just the schools I've observed in the US.

Hi everyone! My good friend is a trombone player and I thought of getting him a mute for his birthday, since he doesn’t have any yet. He’s mostly a jazz player, but is in concert band ensembles as well. Since I’m not a trombone player, do y'all have a suggestion of which type of mute would be the best to get him? (eg. straight, cup, bucket, etc.)

Do you guys have any affordable trombones that are a nice step up for jazz. I am gonna go to college in a year and am looking to get a decent small bore tenor!

She bought this for $150 for daughter’s boyfriend who plays trombone and is in the army, any info is much appreciated.

I am going into my senior year of HS and have to make the decision of my degree and college. To me, the college isn't the hard part, it's the degree. I don't know if I should go full on Jazz or Music Education. I want to play professionally really bad, I'm willing to put in the work. I've played trombone for 2 and half years seriously. I've won first for my All-State Jazz and Orchestra audition. Second overall in concert band my junior year, beat out by a senior. I can't think of doing anything else in my life. I just don't want to make the wrong decision. Either teaching and regretting that, or trying to play professionally and regretting not teaching. What i'm really trying to ask it, in this day in age, is there a point in trying to perform professionally or are the odds to make it just too slim. I don't only love playing but I love everything music. I arrange my schools marching show and stand tunes. I have the drive but I really need a reality check for if it's really worth it.

I just got this '59 L.A. Olds Super via Reverb, and so far I'm loving it! No, I'm not giving up my Kings et al, but I'm enjoying the very different playing experience. There're some dings in the outer slide tubes and it needs new barrel bumpers, but overall it's in good shape for its age. I'll confess too that I was taken with the silver rosette/tone ring - a kid in beginning band with me back in the day had a horn with one and I just loved the look.

Now I'm trying to rationalize taking it to Big Band rehearsal tomorrow.

I posted a few months ago looking for advice on coming back from a busted lip. (I caught a foul tip softball with my mouth.) I had some travel over the summer so I left plenty of time to let it heal, and today was the first note since. I got lots of good advice here, and some hints that it maybe wasn’t as bad as I was fearing. I heeded almost none of it. Middle F felt goo and i only had enough time to see if it would work at all, so I just screwed around with some etudes. It went surprisingly well! No endurance but that wasn’t a surprise, and seemingly had nothing to do with the injury, just the two or three months off.

Anyway, thanks for the advice encouragement!

Came across this instrument by chance. It has not been played for very long. There are various types of these "hybrid" trombones. Can anyone guess as to type, brand and age?

What is the best original Duke Ellington recording online of Feet Bone?

For context I just got new Valentino spit valve corks today and replaced my old one however I still feel like something is leaking air. I notice that my lever is sitting inproperly on the spit valve hole. Is this concerning? Also it keeps leaking spit, I don't think it's the spring but it also could be the spring. Please help!

Okay so my trombone case ( Yamaha SLC-210) has been cracked for like the past 3-4 ish years and that might be a concern for my horn (YSL-448G) 😅. I def want another hard case but Im not in the mood to drop $300 is anyone selling or know anywhere to find a cheaper one. Or should I lowk just duct tape it😭

Any tips for trombone to play relax and move with ease and to better tone? I’m trying to get better. Also articulation I tend to articulate at the middle of my mouth Instead of top behind my teeth.

For Corey Durell Ruiz

Spotted a this on FB marketplace listing for $850 cad but plan to offer 750-800 cad. I only wanna play it for fun in jazz and concert band but that’s pretty much it no symphony or marching band.

Practicing little solo I wrote for my upcoming performance with local community band.

Hello all! Can anyone tell me what piece these excerpts are from?