[Dixielandjazz] Slide positions was (Mini Trombone/Slide Trumpet)

[Robert Smith]

Hello Elazar,

I was surprised that your 3rd position on the trombone is adjacent to the 
bell. On all my three trombones (King 4B, Blessing "Artist", and clapped-out 
Blessing "Scholastic") the 4th position is nearer the bell than the third 
position, although not by much. It's some time since I played a slide 
trumpet, but as I remember it the positions were similar to the trombone 
(but I don't have any accurate measurements for this).

Talking about pulling the slide completely off, I remember at the very first 
dance that we played, I lost my hold on the slide when reaching for the 
sixth position, and the slide shot off under the feet of the dancers. By 
some miracle, nobody trod on it, and I was able to continue after 
shame-facedly retrieving the slide. This happened more than fifty years ago 
but I remember it as though it were yesterday.

Cheers

Bob Smith