[Trombone-l] Your first trombone?

[beldon wade]

Had one of those blanks to begin. Cost was $25.00. It was graves with name. "Paragon". Replace it with Conn beginner called Pan American. After 10 years I retired it with inners worn thru and laquer worn away. Not bad for $115.00.  1947 dollars. 

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On Aug 22, 2017, at 6:29 PM, Harlan Feinstein via Trombone-l <trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:

>> 
>> Curious to hear how many of us on the list started on a really lousy
>> instrument, silver, with a green slide and a pitted mouthpiece, etc.
> 
> 
> Think I had an Olds Ambassador too, someone's backup instrument that I
> traded my backup trumpet for.  A different sort of startup on an
> instrument, already having played other brass instruments professionally,
> but learned trombone in a trad jazz band, which is a pretty forgiving
> environment to cut one's teeth in.
> 
> --Harlan
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