{"id":4621,"date":"2022-06-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/?p=4621"},"modified":"2022-06-20T21:26:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T02:26:58","slug":"trombone-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/trombone-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Trombone Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When the pandemic hit, I needed something to do. All my music stuff had been canceled<\/a>. Unlike me, who works remotely, it was apparent that several businesses were going to be negatively impacted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I contacted Best American Craftsman (aka BAC) in Overland Park, Kansas to see if they’d still be fixing instruments. They would be, but with some staff doing repairs at home, and a smaller staff in the shop at any given time. All good, I was in no hurry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Trombone Slide Repair<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I sent in my Bach 42 trombone in specifically for their “Escape Velocity” slide <\/a>service. Having sat in the case for at least a decade in the 2000s had not served it well \ud83d\ude1e Also, my F-attachment valve was slower than molasses in January, as they say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was it worth it to box up my case and ship it half-way across the country? Absolutely! It was like my slide and f-attachment trigger action were brand new – possibly even better than new \ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reconnecting with my people<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’ve had a ton of hobbies over the years – you can read about most of them on this blog. But recently I came to the conclusion that band people are my people<\/em>. Of all the subcultures I’ve steeped myself in, they are the best. There’s something about band kids (we’re all band kids at heart) that binds us all together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve even found that some of my old high-school classmates are still active. An Irondale classmate invited me to a jazz camp in norther Wisconsin. Besides being all-around fun, I got to do group lessons with fantastic trombonist Andy Baker<\/a>, and also actively work on improvisation – which I’ve never<\/em> been good at. I’ll keep chopping that wood for next year’s camp \ud83e\udeb5\ud83e\ude93<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slide oil, cream, or mix?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Working with River Valley Sound (the winter winds part of 728 Cadets) I met Chris. He’s a band director and trombone player. He was able to help me quickly hone in on what’s new<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding Trombotine to my freshly repaired slide left it feeling paste-y. He suggested I try Slide-o-mix – specifically the single bottle stuff with the black cap<\/a>. To me it almost seems like a semi-liquid pre-mixed Trombotine. Whatever it is, it’s been working great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trombone Stand<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Being a frequent pit-orchestra guy, Chris also gave me advice on a trombone stand. I initially went with the Hercules hand-slide stand<\/a>. It is very solid and does avoid the stopper leaving a mark inside the bell. However, I quickly realized that I instinctively want to pick the horn up by the slide handle<\/em>. And the slide handle is now in the stand \ud83d\ude15 So I switched to a standard style K & M stand<\/a>. It’s more expensive because it’s made in Germany, but it’s solid and I just do what everyone else does – put a sock on the stopper so it doesn’t leave a mark in the bell \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n

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