[Trombone-l] Trombone for new elementary school player

Wed Mar 4 13:51:55 CST 2009

Second!  I use mine for some dixie parades and bar gigs.  I feel a heck of a lot safer when I hit a tree or a bar rail!

J.c.

---- Steve Gamble <sgamble at tucsonsymphony.org> wrote: 
> DEG slide protectors work great.  
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu
> [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu] On Behalf Of Ray Horton
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 11:08 AM
> To: Dennis Clason
> Cc: Trombone List
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Trombone for new elementary school player
> 
> I wonder if a small soft pad of some kind, stuck to the upper slide, 
> right where they always hit it with the bell, would be a good 
> precaution?  I often see a dent there, and/or a dent on the lower slide 
> where they hit it on the front of their chairs. 
> 
> 
> Raymond Horton
> 
> 
> Dennis Clason wrote:
> > And don't let them assemble a Bb trombone to be played with the left 
> > hand moving the slide!
> >
> > John Monroe wrote:
> >   
> >> In our school district, kids start trombone in fifth grade.
> >>
> >> Even the most careful kid will be banging his horn around.  And in a
> 
> >> group setting the most careful kid will be surrounded by LESS careful
> 
> >> kids!  So get something substantial.  And expect it to get dented.
> >>
> >> Also remember that kids are kids.  They have no idea how to assemble
> a  
> >> trombone, so be sure to show them.  Give them step by step  
> >> instructions and have them practice putting the horn together.  That
> 
> >> will reduce the number of dents generated getting the horn in and out
> 
> >> of the case.
> >>
> >> John Monroe
> >>
> >> On Mar 4, 2009, at 7:06 AM, Price Taylor wrote:
> >>
> >>   
> >>     
> >>> I asked this a couple of days ago..but might have used the wrong e- 
> >>> mail
> >>> address (I use multiple e-mails and consolidate them with Gmail).
> >>>
> >>> =====
> >>>
> >>> Hello list, my youngest son is 10, in 4th grade, and is expressing
> an
> >>> interest in playing the trombone - of course, that's great (I  
> >>> think...)!
> >>>
> >>> I started playing in 5th grade but the current thinking now is 6th  
> >>> grade - I
> >>> think that's because the middle school has band?
> >>>
> >>> I was thinking that this summer might be a good time to get an early
> 
> >>> start
> >>> and begin playing.  Many years ago, I bequeathed my old King  
> >>> Cleveland to my
> >>> high school, that was my first trombone.  Guess I should have kept  
> >>> it, it
> >>> was pretty hard to hurt that horn.
> >>>
> >>> I'm looking for recommendations for a beginner's trombone - ideally
> >>> something to last to 9th grade.  The Yamaha YSL-354 appears to be  
> >>> the choice
> >>> of many, although I have no experience with Yamaha trombones (I play
> 
> >>> a Conn
> >>> 88H and King 3B).
> >>>
> >>> Any other suggestions?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks list!
> >>>
> >>> -Price
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