Nothing. None whatsoever, not even low Bs/Cs/Fs/Es where a third of the trombone is carbon. This trombone sounded great, holding it was virtually effortless, and moving the slide was something completely new. BerpBioLube for Trombone Handslides $ 7.95 An evolutionary formula of plant-based ingredients and beeswax combine to create a long-lasting, non-toxic and high quality lube. To assist you in getting started, there are several basic assumptions you should adopt to be successful. They are just another job, no harder nor trickier than any other job that requires a little skill to do. P50 Instructions. I don't generally recommend using oil for trombone slides, but it is an option if you're caught without anything else. So, … Qty in Cart: 0. The Yamaha YSL-354 Tenor Trombone for Beginners and Students is a standard Bb tenor trombone. Go Here for the slide position chart for a tenor clef trombone with an F attachment trigger. Trombone slides require cleaning much more often than the moving parts of most other instruments. My mind was reeling. One of the other guys in the section could fit it straight onto his horn. Shires trombone tuning slides are engineered with a unique, smooth, double-radius design. The carbon slide is best when it is dry and clean. The ID of the outer tube is .540 for the .500 bore horn and .560 for the .508-09 bore horn. In the following sections, we’ll examine how trombone slides are assembled, how to diagnose why they are not working properly and how to make the necessary repairs. A quote from Doug’s blog: His sound was immediately more full and resonant. It sounded like a trombone. Contact a specialist at the Trombone Shop to discuss the right Lawler setup for you! It doesn’t have the traditional slickness of a metal slide, but after playing it you just don’t care, because it’s SO damn fast. My slide is so much harder to move than all the other trombone players' in my band. In addition, Lawler has partnered with Butler Trombones to offer carbon fiber outer slides in .500" and .508" bores. Flawless construction. We build outer CF slides for all manufacturers. My slide arm can move much more independently from the rest of body. Edwards single- and dual-bore bass trombone slides are available with yellow brass outer tubes and nickel sleeves and end crook. Use a good quality valve oil, preferably something on the heavier/thicker side and apply several drops to the top of the inner slides just like you would with a liquid lubricant. Spurling PL. This test is deceptive, because the feel is so different from a metal slide. “I must say I am LOVING my brand new Butler Trombones carbon fiber slide for my Conn 6H bell. Absolutely excellent. Price: $40.50 - $47.95. The Attitude, the Authority, the American Trombone Sound. “I’m crazy about your slide and am really looking forward to the bell and tuning slide and seeing how that goes.” Yamaha Doug Yeo model bass trombone – Former bass trombonist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 30 years. Two bell flares. A metal slide has heft, which gives it inertial potential, and in an optimum metal slide allows for a glassy feel that provides little drag. Air feel is identical to a stock, mid-60s Earl Williams 6. One note on lubrication. Dave is an awesome guy and very skillful, he listened patiently to my needs and made the perfect slides for me! The Slide Doctor is taking the necessary precautions to ensure safe receiving, slide setups, and shipping of all my customers slides, as well as any Great Slide product that is ordered. Perhaps that was the initial goal of the slide. Thank you, and stay healthy. To read Doug’s entire blog post about the modifications to his horn go here: The Last Trombone, Kevin Jones – King 3B – Florida State University Associate professor of jazz trombone, “Playing on a regular slide is like driving a dump truck after getting used to a Corvette.”. I guess what I’m getting to with this whole Speed/Slickness analysis is that the classic slide feel is out the door with this one. They combine the best characteristics of single- and double-radius tuning slides in terms of timbre, response, and intonation. “At the International Trombone Festival in 2017, I came across the booth of Butler Trombones. The full trombone package includes: One bell stem. The open wrap design goes seamlessly with the Schiller Axial Flow F Trigger. – Disadvantages: the only thing I can think of is the inner has to be widened to accommodate the carbon fiber outer, so once you convert you can’t switch back and forth. The slide tubing of S.E. Having an impervious outer slide calms my mood. I don’t know how many ounces it is, but it can’t weigh but 1/4 (or less) what the stock brass outer slide does. Best of all I’ve started enjoying practicing again !”. People on the gigs thus far have said it sounds good, I was really testing its boundaries with volume and speed, and it was taking it like a champ. The soprano trombone is pitched to B-flat but an octave higher than the tenor trombone. In a small shop in Flat Creek Tennessee The Lawler Trombone is made by one guy one at a time from start to finish. Where the art of trombone making meets the 21st century! I would absolutely recommend this slide to anyone who is looking to be more agile and effortless in their playing.”, Joe Jackson – Williams 6 – former lead trombone with the Airman of Note. However there’s another coincidental/incidental benefit: I was expecting some sound loss with the lightweight slide. Trombones of this size had previously been called bass trombones, although by this time, Olds had introduced the Super Olds Bass Trombone with a slide bore of .562 with the choice of one or two rotary valves. We also feature our own water key design. I was stunned. Check out the Butler trombones, they are incredible horns! With extra tubing, a large bell, and a wide bore, the bass trombone has a much lower, deeper sound than a tenor trombone. And my current gig bag isn’t the safest, but very light and practical for subway travel. Completely new. Choose Options Quick view. In applying sound mechanical principals to slide design and a more conical design to the air column, he ushered in the new era of the trombone. Unwieldy slides greatly inhibited the free flow of music they were capable of producing. Alessi-Vacchiano Tenor Trombone Straight Mute. Trombone Slide Cleaning 101 P50 Instructions. function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
The price for a complete custom 6h slide with carbon outer is $1,600 US (this slide can also fit Edwards horns). It projects, resonates and rings just like any good mid-1960s Williams. The slide of a trombone is a straight piece of tubing that is roughly 70 cm long and quite thin (0.25 mm thick). Go Here for the slide position chart for a treble clef standard straight trombone. Shires trombones. S.E.
The slide tubes are chrome plated nickel silver. Quick view. Lawler custom lightweight hard shell case. A properly aligned slide will also produce a better"seal" over the entire length of the tubing. This slide is just do damn light, the “smoothness/slickness” factor isn’t really comparable and is barely determinable. “I’ve been playing exclusively on carbon slides from Butler Trombones for over a year, and I won’t ever go back to a metal slide. Inspired by the popular trombones used in the 1940s' to1950's Jazz and Big Bands has brought about by ShermanKNTO » Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:40 pm 21 Replies 7143 Views Last post by elmsandr Fri Sep 27, 2019 3:08 pm Rotax Valves ... Fluted slides repairable? No case. Here is a prototype made by trombonist David Butler: A pre-market Butler carbon-fiber Trombone. Our slides are then carefully assembled, aligned, and stress relieved to assure the smooth, trouble-free action that has become the hallmark of S.E. It’s like the normal evaluation rules don’t apply, and I found myself not *wanting* to evaluate it by traditional methods. Through all positions it’s light and just floats… The repair guy really was impressed… then there was a pause and he asked…”Does it dent”… and I said no… he got a forlorn look and I patted him on the shoulder.”, “I got the slide and I was amazed by it. – Feel: I usually determine this by moving the slide slowly, simulating teensy-weensy adjustments. Always interested in new things, I pulled a small shank mouthpiece out of my bag and gave it a try. Maybe in terms of its sound it has lightened up a bit. Dual bore slides have an open sound and feel, require more air, and produce a larger sound compared to the upper-leg's single bore equivalent,. The first number indicates the bore of the upper leg of the slide; the second number the lower leg. Our bass trombone inner slides (fits Bach 50) also feature a dual threaded cork barrel design allowing both course and fine threaded leadpipes without an adapter. Cork barrels and curved brace are nickel silver and are polished with an un-lacquered finish. Learn More Tactile positions. This is an added cost feature and can be ordered as a primary slide or an extra slide. .547” bore with interchangeable “M” leadpipe. $995.00. It was pretty awesome to hear such a positive affect to his sound with it, the only negative I’ve heard of when using carbon fiber is a reduction in sound quality but that pretty much debunked the theory. To produce low notes, vibrate your lips slowly; the higher the note you want to play, the quicker you will need to vibrate your lips. Lawler trombones offers a .500 a dual bore .500/.508 and a .508 Butler trombones CF slide as an option on their horns. I think ballad playing is a little smoother & creamier due to the mechanical superiority of the slide. Either way, I can play my old Bach again and that’s reason enough to be happy about it. The Schiller American Heritage Axial Flow Trombone is preferred by concert and symphonic players. This was not a usual “lightweight slide” of nickel that often sounds cheap and thin. Of course, playing on a traditional slide is not really a problem for me (I’m just high maintenance) but I guess because I like to constantly push my limits of what I can play, it’s really great to have a slide that will help me play freer. The whole thing with this slide is speed, not slickness, and adding anything diminishes the speed just a bit – which is the whole point of the slide. The slides are very durable, a big and heavy trombone case fell on my side and nothing happened to it, not a scratch! Once received from Dave I build our inner slide to these carbon fiber slides so that they are as exact as can be. It also features a compression spring for more spring life. Shires handslides is drawn in house, to precise tolerances. In other words, this slide changes my preferences. Without even doing anything, the initial test felt like the best time I had done my slide…times 10! My 35 years of making custom brass instruments has led me to make a commercial style small bore tenor trombone for the pro player. 10/10. 214.356.8002. 5 shows in and it’s already settled sound-wise, I can hear everything and I’m getting point to my sound when I want it. Alessi-Vacchiano. Our outer slides feature all carbon fiber construction including the crook and brace. $40.50 - $47.95. Filed in February 13 (2018), the BUTLER TROMBONES covers Musical instruments, namely, brass instruments and parts for brass instruments; Musical instruments, namely, trombones and trombone parts, including slides, tuning valves, bells, and bell tubes; Trombones Having a contiguous material enables the slide to vibrate as one and provides amazing response and slotting. Butler Trombones Play testing C10s and C12s (and beer drinking) on Friday afternoon with the guys and girls (Don Bozman builder of slides and Julie Gray all around trombone artisan builder and player!) For rich powerful open sound in all the registers durable nickel silver inner and outer slides. Simple Straightening and Aligning of Trombone Hand Slides.

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. by Arrowhead » Sat May 25, 2019 6:21 am 1 Replies 841 Views Last post by … Slide is in demo condition with no visible signs of wear. One hand slide. Other options are available: LW: Lightweight—no sleeves—quicker response, more open, brilliant sound, N: Nickel-silver outer tubes—brilliant, articulate sound, G: Gold-brass outer tubes—warm sound, rounded articulations), YC: Yellow-brass crook—warmer, rounder sound and articulations, For example: TB47NLW denotes a Tenor handslide with Bass (nickel silver)crook, .547-inch bore, and outer tubes made of Nickel-silver with no sleeves (i.e., lightweight), 260 Hopping Brook Road, Holliston, MA, 01746, United States. Olds, the master mechanic, realized the essence of the trombone was the facility of the slide. As a point of reference these slides weigh 65 to 85 grams depending on model. All slides come with three interchangeable leadpipes. I will finish the run with this horn. 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