Can You Hear The Difference Between Cheap And Expensive Trombones?

EDIT: The last beat of the arabesque sheet music is WRONG. It should be E F E Db C instead of whatever the heck is printed...

As a trombone player, these are so cool to hear! I have a jazz trombone and a orchestral tenor, and I love the sound of the bass sackbutt. Thanks for a great comparison!

As a jazz and orchestra trombonist, I feel the orchestral tenor had the best sound out of all of them

The tenor is the best overall, but the jazz trombone sounded super nice on the last excerpt

The pbone sounded solid considering its price point. Also that bass sackbut is awesome, well done! Personal fav sound is the jazz horn I think.

The orchestral tenor sounds the cleanest to me. Maybe I'm just biased idk. First btw

The bass sackbut and the alto suffered a lot (although the sackbut more so), since most of these excerpts aren't really meant for them. The PBone is really just to mess around or teach someone who can't lift a brass peashooter. Between the orchestral tenor (large bore, I presume) and the jazz horn, it depends a bit on the chosen music, as it was pretty close in Bolero, but the orchestral tenor sounded better in general. Overall, I'd rank the orchestral tenor first, with the jazz horn a bit behind. I'd rank the alto after, then the bass sackbut, then finally the PBone.

Arabesque is the only way to test if the trombone has agility, I’m surprised the plastic did well since it doesn’t look like it’s mean to be played fast

I can definitely tell a sound difference. My favorite is the orchestral tenor it just gives a bit more of a richer sound.

As a non trombone player Timo never ceases to impress

This is very cool and made me smile! Well done!

Honestly, Bolero on a smaller bore horn is probably closer to what Ravel was hearing in his head. Plastic is great for those outdoor gigs on freezing days...but suck otherwise. Love the Bass Sackbut.....would love to hear some typical Bass Sackbut parts on it, conforming to the horn...likewise for the Alto....which sounds great but isn't typical for those pieces.... The Orchestral horn is the one you seem most comfortable on...and sounds the best as a result.

I'm playing trombone in advanced band rn and I'm in middle school. I think I kinda suck, but ur vids give me hope. Thank you ❤

when you were playing bolero on the alto the notes were just a little sharp and that made it sound a million times better. keep it up!

Cool video, that's a hell of a difference!

Our band is playing arabesque for our next concert and I am beyond excited. It is one heck of a piece.

It's hilarious how drastic the sound difference was switching from plastic to small-bore brass. Although I have to say you really sound 'at home' on your large-bore in any style!

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They all sound good accept the p-bone but orchestral is the best. Granted the p-bone might sound iffy just because of the material. PS great job. My fellow trombonist friends and I are huge fans!

Alto trombone was my favourite, followed by the orchestral tenor - both have such a great tone!!