Trombone Slide Felt Replacement

Trombone slides clank when the felt or cork inside the barrels are worn out and need to be replaced. Today on Tech-Tip Tuesdays I show you how to remove the old felts and how I install new ones.
Video Time Marks
00:00 Trombone Clank
00:27 Supplies
01:22 Remove the old felts
03:14 Install new felts
04:53 Oil this too
05:32 A good slide
06:15 Join me live
07:00 oops
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Music on today’s video is from Podington Bear.

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Great vid! I'm about to do this to my slide. BTW you're very handsome, sweet lord

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Am a Trombonist.. Thank you

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SPANISH... HOLA , SOY DE ARGENTINA Y QUISERA QUE ME QUITES UNA DUDA QUE TENGO. EL TUBO INTERIOR DEL TROMBON, ESTA HECHO DE ALPACA? O, ¿DEQUE MATERIAL ESTA HECHO? PORQUE TENGO QUE SUSTITUIR EL CAÑO DE UN TROMBON PERO NO CONSIGO EL MATERIAL, YA QUE EL MISMO NO ES DE BRONCE, SINO DE ALGUNA ALEACION, PERO NO SE DE QUE...
AGRADEZCO VUESTRA AYUDA Y RESPUESTA.
GRACIAS, MUCHAS GRACIAS.

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The inside slide of a trombone is most often a brass tube that has then been chrome plated. In some horns, they use a nickel tube. The trick for sourcing a tube locally is the stocking - the bottom 6 inches or 15 centimeters has been expanded to within .003 to .007" (.07 to 1.77mm) of the outside slide. This is done to make the trombone, with lubrication, air tight. That's difficult to do by hand... Reach out to the manufacturer or any of the many suppliers for some help getting a replacement tube.