For those of you who bought a pBone--how is it?

[imperialbari]

Was it the pBone site itself or somebody else, who wrote that the bell is not all that robust against physical abuse?

The pBone has a connection between bell and slide, which is reverse to just about any standard connection. This excludes a potentially interesting combination of a brass bell and the pBone slide. The slide action is a positive surprise to me, and the combination of brass bell and pBone slide potentially could keep down marching accidents.

Klaus

[Mark]

How do they sound if you combine a green bell with a red tuning slide?

Like the perfect instrument for TromboneChristmas(tm).

[Carroll]

How do they sound if you combine a green bell with a red tuning slide?

... like it needs a little duct tape.

[joh_tuba]

How do they sound if you combine a green bell with a red tuning slide?

No idea about the color mismatching BUT but I bet a wide leather belt tightened around the bell at *just* the right nodal point greatly improves projection.

Also, they probably play better with a stainless steel titanium dioxide 'Sellmansberger pBone' mouthpiece.

[PMeuph]

Also, they probably play better with a stainless steel titanium dioxide 'Sellmansberger pBone' mouthpiece.

Finally, mouthpieces will be equal (in cost) to instruments. It was about time people stopped spending 99% of their money on horns and 1% on the mouthpiece....

[joh_tuba]

Also, they probably play better with a stainless steel titanium dioxide 'Sellmansberger pBone' mouthpiece.

Finally, mouthpieces will be equal (in cost) to instruments. It was about time people stopped spending 99% of their money on horns and 1% on the mouthpiece....

If plastic mouthpieces are used with metal instruments, it seems like paper mache mouthpieces should be used with plastic instruments...(??)

Or wood? Or crystal(like those super fragile clarinet mouthpieces)? Or porcelain? Or polymer clay?

[tuba.bobby]

Also, they probably play better with a stainless steel titanium dioxide 'Sellmansberger pBone' mouthpiece.

Finally, mouthpieces will be equal (in cost) to instruments. It was about time people stopped spending 99% of their money on horns and 1% on the mouthpiece....

If plastic mouthpieces are used with metal instruments, it seems like paper mache mouthpieces should be used with plastic instruments...(??)

Or wood? Or crystal(like those super fragile clarinet mouthpieces)? Or porcelain? Or polymer clay?

Wooden trombone?!

[PMeuph]

tuba.bobby, FYI, your quotes are inaccurate...

Also, I think they were referring to a wooden MOUTHPIECE.

[GC]

Yes, they were referring to wooden mouthpieces, but . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pVSlSfjTe8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzK50H2MGEc

[imperialbari]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pVSlSfjTe8

[Ben]

I am most curious what happens to the pBone after 5 or so years of sunlight, heat and cold. Many plastics get brittle, and I wonder how this creation will hold up. I doubt they will last any longer innthe hands of careless students than their current metal instruments. I predict they will last a good deal shorter than a brass instrument in the hands of a careful individual.

Speculation & 2c

[Posaune2]

I was hoping to get a set of three in red, white, and blue to use on Stars & Stripes forever. Has anyone heard whether they plan to make one in white eventually?

[PMeuph]

I was hoping to get a set of three in red, white, and blue to use on Stars & Stripes forever. Has anyone heard whether they plan to make one in white eventually?

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[ken k]

I bought one, and for what it is i think it is a lot of fun. It is after all a $150 plastic trombone, so what would you expect? it actually does not play all that badly. Would i use it on a band or symphony or quintet gig? No. But, I will use it on my blues band or rock band gigs where I play into a mic. it will be great for that.

The one thing i do not like is the sound of the slide. While it moves easily enough, it makes an annoying shshing sound.

What have people been using to lube the slide? I have not put anything on mine yet.

k

[J.c. Sherman]

I bought one, and for what it is i think it is a lot of fun. It is after all a $150 plastic trombone, so what would you expect? it actually does not play all that badly. Would i use it on a band or symphony or quintet gig? No. But, I will use it on my blues band or rock band gigs where I play into a mic. it will be great for that.

The one thing i do not like is the sound of the slide. While it moves easily enough, it makes an annoying shshing sound.

What have people been using to lube the slide? I have not put anything on mine yet.

k

I've been using Rapid Comfort on the Slide.

The slide breaks in pretty quickly. Swab/wash it out frequently at the beginning and the swishing diminished fast!! The Trombone-L has been discussing the care and feeding of these since they came out, and that's the univeral finding.

J.c.S.

[bort]

P bone!

[Tom Coffey]

I think it would be fun to know the sales statistics. I am guessing that red outsells all other colors, with blue a close second.