Trombone Cozy

This is awesome! As a wind player who suffers from sensitive skin (once I had an allergic reaction to something in the auditorium that was serving as a warm-up room during an audition and my whole eyelid swelled shut...another time I found out that I was allergic to Blistix when I used too much of it the day before an audition and my lips swelled up...), I'd probably really appreciate this if I were a trombonist [as it is, I play the flute -- thank goodness my fingers don't react to the silver!]

The idea of accessorizing one's trombone also reminds me of a couple of the trombonists in my high school band, who used to slip special decorative sleeves that their moms had made in school colors onto their slides for football games and pep rallies.

:)

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these are actually available commercially, as well. i have one on my own trombone.

not only does it protect the skin from allergies (the bell-receiver pipe is often nickle-plated, which causes allergic reactions in people sensitive to nickle) but it also protects the lacquer on the instrument from being eaten away by acids in your skin.

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