[Trombone-l] Your first trombone?

[Marius Helgå]

My first one (ca 1987) was a Blessing I guess was between 15 and 20 years old at the time, with its share of dents and scratches, but an OK slide and not too bad lacquer.
Later got a Bach 36B, then a 50B, then a 50BO, and then bought my first horn in 1996, a used Holton TR181.

Used the Holton until 2012 (Had to get a new slide for it around 2002), bought a custom Shires in 2012, it was stolen, and I got a new Shires from the insurance money in 2016.

Guess I’d get frustrated really quick if I tried playing the old Blessing now. Maybe I should contact my old school band and ask if I can try it.

Marius Helgå
Bass trombone
Oslo/Mo i Rana, Norway

> 23. aug. 2017 kl. 00.01 skrev Ervin, Thomas R - (ervint) via Trombone-l <trombone-l at trombonelist.org>:
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> 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.
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>> Tom Ervin
>> ervint at u.arizona.edu
>> Prof of trombone, Univ Arizona (Emeritus)
>> ...now a recovering trombone player... ; >)
>> (520) 743-5062
>> website:    tom-ervin.com
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