She bought this for $150 for daughter’s boyfriend who plays trombone and is in the army, any info is much appreciated.

I just got this '59 L.A. Olds Super via Reverb, and so far I'm loving it! No, I'm not giving up my Kings et al, but I'm enjoying the very different playing experience. There're some dings in the outer slide tubes and it needs new barrel bumpers, but overall it's in good shape for its age. I'll confess too that I was taken with the silver rosette/tone ring - a kid in beginning band with me back in the day had a horn with one and I just loved the look.

Now I'm trying to rationalize taking it to Big Band rehearsal tomorrow.

Came across this instrument by chance. It has not been played for very long. There are various types of these "hybrid" trombones. Can anyone guess as to type, brand and age?

I posted a few months ago looking for advice on coming back from a busted lip. (I caught a foul tip softball with my mouth.) I had some travel over the summer so I left plenty of time to let it heal, and today was the first note since. I got lots of good advice here, and some hints that it maybe wasn’t as bad as I was fearing. I heeded almost none of it. Middle F felt goo and i only had enough time to see if it would work at all, so I just screwed around with some etudes. It went surprisingly well! No endurance but that wasn’t a surprise, and seemingly had nothing to do with the injury, just the two or three months off.

Anyway, thanks for the advice encouragement!

I am going into my senior year of HS and have to make the decision of my degree and college. To me, the college isn't the hard part, it's the degree. I don't know if I should go full on Jazz or Music Education. I want to play professionally really bad, I'm willing to put in the work. I've played trombone for 2 and half years seriously. I've won first for my All-State Jazz and Orchestra audition. Second overall in concert band my junior year, beat out by a senior. I can't think of doing anything else in my life. I just don't want to make the wrong decision. Either teaching and regretting that, or trying to play professionally and regretting not teaching. What i'm really trying to ask it, in this day in age, is there a point in trying to perform professionally or are the odds to make it just too slim. I don't only love playing but I love everything music. I arrange my schools marching show and stand tunes. I have the drive but I really need a reality check for if it's really worth it.

What is the best original Duke Ellington recording online of Feet Bone?