[Trombone-l] airy sound

[Wayne Dyess]

This is going to sound stupid, but it works.

I wouldn't do it myself, mind you -- but if you suspect a leak --  
well, it's up to you...

Light up a cigarette and blow the smoke into the instrument.  Ugh, I  
know.
But if there is a leak, the smoke will come out where it shouldn't --  
where the leak is.

Better than that, however, might be to get a strong flashlight --  
turn off the lights, and shine the light through the instrument.

Yeah, I know -- I'm just full of it.

:-)
WD


On Nov 24, 2006, at 7:01 PM, Phil Burton wrote:

> To me, it sounds like it could be a solder leak.  I had one, and it
> really messed up my sound.  After playing for a while take a dry
> tissue and wipe all the solder joints, if it gets wet, you have a
> leak, you cannot always hear it.
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