Help!! Any Band Parents in myLot?

I'm a former band student and would strongley advise you to rent an instrument. You never know what you are going to get. The slide may be sluggish, there could be a problem with the drip valve, or the mouth piece opening. Plus if he decided to stick with it, he would have a great instrument that he could play thru high school. My dad ended up buying me a trompet and trombone. I knew to keep up with them, as that would have been the end of my musical career. Since then I've made many musical accomplishments. All a result of being in 7th grade band. If he values his instrument he will definitely keep up with it. I carried 2 instruments, played football, and was on the math club.

Doesn't the band will provide individual member their instrument. Then, we can borrow from the band by sign-out and in. I am saxophone player in the band for 12 year but did not buy one coz it is pretty expensive. Your sons is right, having an instrument need maintenance stuff as well. For example, saxophone need to buy reeds, pads and oil etc. Whether you own a new one or rent, it is equally expensive.

I would get one new if I was you. That's the way my mom did for my sister and me, and if my son (he's only 15 months old, so we have a LONG way to go still) wants to be in band when he gets bigger, I will do the same thing. The problem with getting one online is that you don't know what it looks like, or SMELLS like. Those things can get pretty stinky if you don't clean them like you should. And who wants to clean out a bunch of mold that is from someone else's spit? ICK! I played trombone, and apparently didn't clean it all that well last time I played it. My sister got it out to play it recently (it's sat for about five years) and she said she really had to clean it good because it stunk and was kind of nasty. She did get it cleaned back up, but it took a while. And it was gross enough dealing with her sister's spit. I know I wouldn't want to do it with some stranger's...

I would go and rent one. I bought one instrument off ebay and it ended up being not what we expected at all. I'm not blaming ebay or the seller, it was just that we didn't know all the fine details to look for that ended up being important. Also, if you rent from the store, they will probably have a warranty if anything does happen. He will love band and you'll love being a band parent. All 5 of my kids were in band and my youngest son still is. It seems all the band kids become really good friends and to be in band requires a lot more work then anyone ever gives them credit for. But, they learn so much, I'd encourage him to be in it and to continue as long as he likes it.

Hi! I have been playing trombone for some years now, and would never buy a trombone unseen as someones first instrument. Maby you can do it later if you for example would like a second for some reason. But the risk that it's not a good trombone is to big I think! It's easy to loose the intrest in playing if you got a bad trombon...

I think you better look for a used quality but cheap trombone on ebay, there are lot of it. It lessen your worries of breaking it up, besides, it can be played for long as soon as your child get in higher grade. Good Luck! neilgan68