[Trombone-l] Eastman Winds trombones

[Daniel Pliskin]

>I'm not offering an opinion here about step-up versus pro horns for
>high-schoolers, merely saying I had a favorable impression of the
>Eastman. I'm looking forward to trying the ETB634 "Shires by Eastman."
>This model is built by Eastman but patterned after the Shires
>large-bore tenor, and it's available with either a big conventional
>rotor or an axial flow valve.

I have an old Eastman trombone, which is due to become a hanging planter.  
The plating is coming off of the slide and the inside of the bell section is 
also pealing.  Why they plated the inside of the bell section is beyond me, 
but it makes a horrid sound when the flakes of plating get into the slide.

It is a beautiful shape, though and will make a beautiful planter, hanging 
by its slide crook.

DanP

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