[Trombone-l] Edwards 1998 hard case puts dent in slide

[David Burch]

I assume you'll be reading this after Thanksgiving, so I hope you had a pleasant one.

When I bought my Edwards tenor trombone 10 years ago, I was told by Edwards that a known defect in the Getzen hard cases, one that could put dents in slides, had been corrected. The other day, I dropped my case for the first time in those ten years, two feet to a concrete floor, and now the outer slide has a nice dent with a pattern of wiggly scratches leading up to it, like skidmarks. I'm steamed: A two-foot drop should not have caused any damage. At the point in the case that aligns with the dent, I found what feels like the head of a staple sticking out, put there to attach the large accessory compartment.

This has been the smoothest slide I've ever found on any trombone, and I only hope it can be repaired to that state. I'm taking it to the excellent brass repairman who's been doing my work recently and has a fine reputation around Cincinnati.

I guess I'm done putting off purchasing a gig bag. Thanks for listening to me vent.

Thanks,
Dave Burch
David Burch
Systems integration engineer, musician, and bore at parties 



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