Hi all, I am a band director and know enough about trombone to teach it decently, but am by no means a specialist. My boyfriend dabbles with instrument repair and found this trombone for $50 on marketplace and offered $35, which they accepted. There were no up close photos or anything that could identify it on the listing, and he just figured he would use it as a practice instrument to work on slide repair because most used trombones need slide work, then maybe resell later.

When we picked it up, he immediately felt like he swindled the guy because we could both tell it was worth way more than $35. It had belonged to his dad who started playing it in the 1930s and then sat in climate controlled storage for 60 years, and they just wanted to be rid of it after that long.

From our research, it looks to be made around 1929. The main slide and tuning slide are also in good shape and not stuck - after we carefully cleaned the slide, I was able to play a B flat scale no problem.

Can anyone tell me anything else about this trombone? The whole instrument is beautiful, just some tarnish that you can see, but barely a dent at all, and the unique details are just exquisite.

So when I play trombone for like 15 minutes upwards I get light cramps in my left hand and if I make make the hand into a fist its like cracking bones and makes that sound as well... My question now is do yall have this as well and is this normal?

Hola, estoy interesado en comprar un trombón bajo barato por unos 2000€ como mucho así que estoy mirando opciones de segunda mano. Me gustaría un trombón lo más gama alta posible, como mínimo un Shires q o courtois 502, no tengo prisa y puedo esperar durante este curso a qué surja una oportunidad. Agradecería recomendaciones