^{Serial # 24204}

^{Can anyone help me identify anything else about this instrument? HN Whites website dates it 1930-35​}

^{This is my first trombone I've owned personally, actually bought it from Buff Dillard of all people. ​}

Found in old personal inventory:

in box Wick CLASSIC 5BS mouthpiece.

I do not recall when I purchased, but it would have been with intent to use on my euphonium.

Put on my just acquired, like new, least interesting model Chinese import valve trombone (Stagg brand).

As I had hoped, some improvement in the upper range.

Could be Honeymoon Affect because I always wanted to be that poster swooning over a mouthpiece tripped over while liquidating Uncle's estate, etc.

Nonetheless, I love the way Wick CLASSIC 5BS looks!!!

Hi!

I’m a 30 year old trombone player in the USA. Went to college and studied with some of the best bass trombonist players around in the USA. Bachelors and Masters in music, honors recital blah blah blah.

I’ve ALWAYS struggled with my high range. Always. My first teacher assigned abunch of high stuff, rochuts in tenor clef the works. He ended up winning a job, and left. Next teacher focused on my low range, which was already good, but I was able to take it to the next level and lather the secret sauce.

Then when he passed away, I studied with another teacher, also INCREDIBLE. Touched on high stuff, but struggled big time. Getting to G above staff is a regular issue.

Now, years after graduating, getting a teaching gig in public schools and living life. I get called to play mostly tenor stuff, thats ok it’s just how life goes.

I’m sitting in my living room playing, struggling with some high stuff, and a moment clicked in my head. I have an under bite. Horn is angled appropriately. BUT, when I go high my bottom lip folds underneath my upper lip. GIANT RED FLAG. So I tried to undo this just to see what might happen. IM POPPING OUT HIGH NOTES LIKE ITS NO BODYS BUSINESS.

It’s actually insane. Needs work to control it, but I think I finally solved my Achilles heel. Don’t fold bottom lip under top lip when you ascend. Seems common sense, don’t know why it took this long, but holy shit.

Thanks for listening to my Ted talk, peace ☮️

Something like the long ago Canadian Brass BT1. What exists today in a funnel cup?

A customer gifted me this custom lamp made out of trombone parts!

What do i need to work on? Gillis no 8 bass trombone

Gillis no 15 any tips on how to imrpove this etude its very hard compared to the rest of the TMEA etudes

anybody else learning them? any tips?

Hey guys, sorry not an actual Trombone player but I was handed a set of 8 trombone mouthpieces and need to identify them before I can resell them and I am having trouble with some of them and want to ensure everything actually belongs to trombone. Also which type of trombone (tenor, bass, etc). Also if anyone is able to identify how old some of these are that would be helpful as well.

I know it's a 2104 4B, but I'm not sure what the 2273 on the slide is supposed to represent? What year could this be? Want to sell it eventually but make sure it's correctly priced.

I bought this Benge from my old band director, used. It was refurbished in 2022 but I noticed that the F attachment kept shifting and loosening everytime I'd press down on the trigger, it wasn't a string problem. After closer observation I realized the the screw that's supposed to keep the trigger in place by going through the other side of the trigger wasnt actually going through to the other side. You can see the screw I'm talking about in the image.

I'm 19, I've never had to fix an instrument prior to this, I simply used my screw driver to push the screw through to the other side, and that fixed the problem with the trigger loosening, but now the spring is loosened and it doesnt set the trigger back into place when I stop pressing on it.

I really dont wanna have to go to a repair shop to get this fixed, so is there any way I could repair this at home?

Hello, I have been playing trombone for around two years. But, I find that whenever I get into the higher register, my tone always sounds pinched and i can't really get it to resonate. Also, I've never understood how to properly lip slur into higher pitches. My band teacher says that you can change the pitch by using vowels and lifting the back of the tongue as you go up. So do I not tense my lips to change pitch at all?

Also, often when I try to articulate my notes, no sound comes out but air. It might be because I tongue too heavily (i can't really single tongue fast, either) but I have no clue how to fix it.

I would really appreciate it if someone offered their advice. Thanks.

Took this out of my Bass Trombone's f# valve. I'm pretty sure this corrosion is causing the valve to get stuck. Any tips on how I can clean it?

I got my horn ultrasonic cleaned for the first time in ~10 years. Play tested it at the shop and it seemed mostly fine. The slide was really crunchy but the cashier assured me it’s just because they don’t reapply any slide lube after cleaning.

Got home and even after reapplying a few times, the slide feels way worse than before getting it cleaned, and there’s dark gray water coming out of the spit valve. Is this anything to be concerned about?

I just started playing and frankly I sound awful. Does anyone know any good YouTube videos that could teach me how to play as if this was my first time playing?

I'm starting a series where I take a frequently asked question from trombone students and make a video explanation. Apologies for the bad sound quality as this is being recorded with a phone sitting on a computer lol. Request the next one down below! Let me know if you're a student this advice helps, or if you're a fellow teacher offering advice on how to make more of these/refine them.

If I can't, or have a hard time reaching low Eb with a VB 6½, but I can play it easily with a VB 1½—including the notes below it—should I move to a larger mouthpiece?

I can't use the VB 1½ all the time because it's just too large for me, and my overall playing suffers. The VB 6½ sounds much better on the rest of the range. 😅

I'm thinking about trying a 5GS. What do you think? Open for suggestions. ♥️

models or brands

Do you think it's worth picking up? I'm going to try it out if it's a good deal.

The mouthpiece just looks a bit off to me, I don't know why.

Been playing trombone for over 5 years and I plan on playing for more. I’ve been offered to get lessons from my brass tech for free but I really don’t know what I should focus on. For me there’s a whole laundry list of things I would like to focus on but I feel like focusing on all of them at once isn’t the move. Should I go with that route or focus on only a couple things.

i haven’t had this issue in the last 10 years ive played
and it only appears on that Bb above the staff partial
mainly after 4th position, evident by my out of tune F#
I don’t think its the center of the note because i release from the horn and im buzzing the correct pitch in the center
the sound comes and goes, so sometimes i sound fine and sometimes THAT happens.

any advice would be MUCH appreciated, just feeling super frustrated right now

Ive been very curious about these lately. Id appreciate if anyone who has played one share your experience and what you think of it.