On Dec 8, 9:23*am, Lawrence13 wrote:

Anyhow Tudor's trombone may benefit from so cryogenics.

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I wish. The lubricant doesn't work and it's difficult to move
the slide. It's what we call getting a stiffy. Ho-ho. The
mouthpiece is so cold it numbs your lips, the very opposite of what's
needed. Also, it plays flat - one inch of slide postion per 10 degC.
Actually it's about half that because the mean temperature of the air
column is about halfway between body temperature and ambient. So if I
took up the clarinet, say, people could justifiably say "stick to the
trombone", to which the required answer is "I have - get some warm
water, could you?".

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.