TromboneChat

BGuttman wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 3:58 pm Hello and Welcome!

That awful smell can come from the case itself. Often a mildew builds up inside the case. The mildew is under the fabric lining and is VERY difficult to kill. I've heard that people will put the empty case inside a car with an ozone generator going inside the car. Sometimes you can get an improvement from leaving the case open outside in bright sunlight for a couple of days (note: if it gets rained on you are back to square 1). Some people will just put a dryer sheet in the case and replace it from time to time. Best solution is to trash the case and get a new one.

The horn itself can improve with a good cleaning. A soak in warm (not hot) water with some dish soap can eliminate any bacteria that cause a smell. Of course if the case is the problem (see above) this is a VERY temporary solution.

Good luck.

ithinknot wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 4:56 pm Chuck it and move on. We've all been there and, as Bruce says, once the mildew is in the plywood it's cursed.

A new case doesn't cost nothing, but imagine paying for your futile cleaning time (plus chemicals and shamanic consultation fees) only to end up binning the old case anyway.

Boosey and Hawkes with the tuning slide trigger?

MelAE wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 7:01 pmWhen I look up "Karl Münnich" I get an obituary for a radiologist, so not really sure what's up with that

tbonesullivan wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 7:33 pm It is Karl Mönnich of Erlbach / Vogtl., which is short for Vogtland, or possibly Vogtlandkreis.

BGuttman wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 7:30 pm Big question: how does it play? Probably nothing like a Getzen, I'll bet.

MelAE wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 8:09 pm I would like to play it as a straight trombone primarily but the crossbar is too high up to comfortably rest my thumb

baroquetrombone wrote: ↑Thu May 05, 2022 4:22 pm Worst case, you (or someone else) can completely strip it and rebuild it, which is what I did when I couldn't find anything that would fit mine.

whitbey wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 7:56 am Real good looking work.

Where did you get what kind of materials?

What kind of glue did you use?

baroquetrombone wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 12:31 pm

whitbey wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 7:56 am Real good looking work.

Where did you get what kind of materials?

What kind of glue did you use?

I hate to sidetrack the op's post. I should really make a thread about this...

I have a roll of black Tolex that I ordered from somewhere (Wal-Mart, I think) to do another case, so I used that for the outside. In the past, I'd used 3M spray adhesive for it, but on this one I tried contact cement. It holds better on the curves, but they're both a pain. The outside is not perfect by any measure, but it's a LOT better than it was.

I've gotten pretty good at insides now. This one has felt from JoAnn Fabric. I did a couple 19th century French trombone cases with a crushed velvet type material, which was original in one of those, but the Germans seem to use felt. This case originally had a faded, thin blue, so I got as close as I could. It's much easier to work with than the velvet. Anything padded has some sort of polyester furniture padding under the felt. Everything on the inside is done with 3M spray adhesive.



Most of the interior bits have to be made or re-made. New stuff is made of whatever wood I have sitting around.

It's a lot of work, but it's pretty cool to have a new-looking old case and for this one, I could find no other option. I just wish I was better at doing the outsides, but it's not like I use any of these things daily except for a week here and there.

whitbey wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 8:33 pm Thanks. I have an old Edward bone that got hit with water that will need a redo. I searched Tolex and found they have glue too.
Did you find anything for the corners/edges of the case?