Removing a fixed lead pipe

[PhillyG]

Morning Y'all!

Hope this day finds everyone doin' well. Is it possible to remove a fixed lead pipe so as to replace it with another? The one in my horn now is too open and free blowing for me.

Thoughts?

[pompatus]

Yes, it is entirely possible. A good tech can usually salvage the original leadpipe and the inner slide tube. However, the tech may give you the warning that you must choose one, save the slide inner or save the leadpipe, as the original leadpipe, especially if it's very old, may not easily come out.

What horn/slide are you playing on, and what pipes are you considering for it?

[BGuttman]

You might want to see if a smaller aperture in the mouthpiece will accomplish the same goal for a lot less money and hassle.

[Crazy4Tbone86]

Yes it is possible. As Pompatus stated, on many older trombones the leadpipe fuses via corrosion with the inner slide and it can be difficult to impossible to pull it out. Another thing to keep in mind is that there are models of trombones that do not use a mouthpipe that is all one piece. Some have a combination of a mouthpiece receiver plus a leadpipe that are soldered together, soldered to the inner slide and then soldered in the inner slide brace/cork barrel area. King, Yamaha and Jupiter have models that do this.

You need to talk to your technician. Age and corrosion is a consideration. Construction of the leadpipe is another consideration. If the instrument has a two-piece mouthpipe, sometimes an entirely new inner slide needs to be bought and installed. It is not as simple as many people describe the process.

I like Bruce's idea.....see if you can make the adjustment by changing mouthpieces.

[Slidemo]

This has been discussed here before. The search function here is pretty good.

https://trombonechat.com/viewtopic.php? ... pe#p112103