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I'm an English teacher, with a Ph.D in literature. I find that one of the things that keeps me sane after reading too many essays is to recondition old horns. I don't make much, if anything, on these horns. I just like to see them playable again.
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Reviews (29)
29 Jun, 2019
Too thick. Don't let light in.
The idea behind these is that they need to be thin enough to allow photosynthesis. These aren't. I put them on my blackberries, and in every case, berries covered by the bags failed to ripen.
19 Feb, 2017
Looks great on the outside, but has a tragic flaw.
2 of 2 found this helpful I've owned five Chinese trombones and this is one of the best. Unfortunately, it has a flaw that you wouldn't notice. All modern trombones have something called a "leadpipe." It's a brass tube that the mouthpiece slips into, which consists of a mouthpiece receiver, a choke point or "venturi," and a gradually expanding taper--all hidden inside of the upper slide tube. Leadpipes give feedback and useful resistance, and only the best players can work without one.
This trombone might as well not have a leadpipe. I pulled the one installed in it--a task which requires a torch, specialized tools, and a lot of expertise. Instead of the .350 venturi I'd expect to find on a student horn, it had a .425 bore which extended the entire length of the leadpipe down to the last 1/4" where it expanded rapidly to .460. Most pros playing .500 bore horns would consider .415 or so to be very large, and expect a gradual taper up to .460. The way this one is set up, it's only suitable for a player with very well developed chops and very odd tastes. it's a bazooka!! For a student, this horn is not going to play in tune, it's going to be weak on attacks, and the tone will be poor. I'm a tech, so I can replace leadpipes. If you were to have this done, parts and labor would be around $150. That's just not a good deal.
16 Oct, 2019
Poorly manufactured
The area that screws onto the existing threads is very thin and brittle. mine broke while I was installing it under moderate pressure. It's also very large, and moves the head of the shower to an uncomfortable position.