The Trombone Slide: Parts of the Trombone

Video Transcript

"Well after the mouthpiece, the mouthpiece goes into our lead pipe. Which puts air into this slide. I removed this screw. It's essentially the only piece that fits together. There are only a few pieces on a trombone and this is now the second piece that goes together, the slide. Now the slide, back in the day was created by rolling metal on a mandrel or a pipe into a specific diameter and as you can see they fit very closely together and slide in and out. Now there's two pieces to the slide. The inner slide, which goes in and the outer slide. This is the most part of the trombone essentially. It's where your notes come from chromatically. It is essential that it remains sliding and that it's always lubricated. We can get into that when we get to the maintenance part. The slide is also where the spit valve is and I think that's self-explanatory. It's where your condensation and moisture and spit when your playing. It can be emptied into an appropriate vessel or towel."