[Dixielandjazz] Trombones - which to choose?

[Mike C.]

I've bought horns from ebay before. They sell for good prices, but be 
prepared to spend some money on repairs. I bought a nice little Conn 4H( 
from the 1930's) trombone from this nice couple for a $100. They said 
that the old owner of the house left it in the attic. They had never 
opened it until they decided to get rid of it on ebay. When I opened it, 
the slide was stuck and needed some resautering work on the slide braces 
and the bell brace. A slide job and a complete chem clean cost me $85 
and they charged another $40 for the resautering add $100 for the cost 
of the horn and I got a nice playing trombone for less than $300. A 
comparable vintage horn like that in decent to good condition would have 
  cost me at least twice as much as I paid.

Mike





Luís Henriques wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> thanks a lot for your answers.  I am sure they will be very useful.
> 
> On 26 Out 2005, lhenriques at criticalsoftware.com wrote:
> 
>>Hi trombone players,
>>
>>just a curiosity question:
>>
>>Which trombones are better for OKOM?  Trombone in Bb or in C?  What
>>about the models?  I've been looking at eBay and there are really cheap
>>trombones there!  Do you recommend anything in particular (from these
>>inexpensive models)?
>>
>>Thanks a lot.
> 
>