This weeks Monday Mouthpiece is a two-for! This was my primary mouthpiece through the 80s. I had a bad reaction to the silver so I had one gold plated. A deep bowl with a thin and very sharp rim. This mouth piece did nothing to lock in tuning. On the other hand, it was really…
Month: October 2016
King 8B
This may be my favorite of all my horns. While the King 8B was not my first trombone, it was the first one that I bought for myself. (That’s not actually true: the first trombone I bought for myself was my Olds ‘Super’. More about that in another post). I played in the Ceremonial Guard…
OPS Comms 2016
Spent the day at a very non-Vintage communications conference. This is the story of that day.
Mouth Piece Monday
I’m not really sure, but I think this is one of the first mouthpieces I ever owned. When I first started to learn to play, I spent a year playing baritone. I was so little I couldn’t even reach 6th position when I was seven, so I started with a valved instrument to learn what…
Olds Recording
This may be the most beautiful horn I own. More later.
Where it Started
I’ve been playing trombone since I was 7. I started playing with a Salvation Army band in Hamilton, ON. A 3rd generation trombone player (more about that later) I got my first trombone of my own when I was about 13. I played tenor trombone until I was about 18 and then switched to Bass…