[Trombone-l] Fixing your own horn

[Daniel Pliskin]

>That's not what Jason said.  read it again.  He said if you want to
>learn how to do this, you should hang out with a repairman and
>learn.  isn't that how you guys learn those skills?


I read several books on the subject and then started buying obviously 
crunched trombones on ebay.  I now own about a dozen student-level 
trombones, all with good slides.  And I’ve sold a bunch of trombones, as 
well.

The Frankenbone I presently play was made out of three trombones, which I 
bought crunched.  I love it.

But I do agree with some of you.  Don’t take chances.  Go out and hire a 
professional trombonist to play the parts that you’ve been given.  By all 
means, don’t try to do anything you can’t already do well.  Don’t do 
anything too_______ (fill in the blank).  And be careful.  I think your 
mother said that last thing.

DanP