My 7th grade son just broke his shoulder, and won`t be able to hold up his trombone for 6 weeks. Has anyone ever heard of a stand to hold the trombone up in a playing position, so the one handed player can blow and move the slide? I`d like to rent one for a while. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry,never heard of one,but you could try and make one.

hi, im sorry to hear about the news with your son. i do think there is one that holds up the trombone, but as for moving the slide is a whole nother concept. as to making one, its possible. if you`d like, i can make a some 3D models of different ideas. email me and i`d be happy to.

a trombone teacher i knew made a stand to hold up his trombone after a cycling accident but it`s hard because alot of the playing involves tilting the instrument up and down for different ranges.
If it`s the left arm thats injured you could hire a euphonium to keep the lip in training you only need the right hand and the mouth piece is tha same.

if i were your son, i would ask if there was an avaliable baritone or euphonium to use, that way all her would need is the right hand for the valves and the mouthpiece is the same and music is the same pretty much... well, also, its alot easier to play because the valves...trust me, im in seventh grade..and play trumpet, trombone, trumpet, and tuba...
-hope this is helpful

I think most professional trombonist go through some sort of unfortunate injuries in their life that hamper their trombone playing, but there is something that will help your son progress even though he is not playing.......Buzzing! Although it may sound boring, buzzing just the mouthpiece is a tremendous help. Most young musicians rely on the instrument to make the sound. Actually, most of the sound is created in by the mouth in the mouthpiece. Your son should be buzzing through his mouthpiece songs in band class, songs on the radio, etc. all the time. You both will see a drastic difference once he starts playing again. Take it from one who knows. Good luck!

I am looking for something like that myself - because of serios backpaines and pains in the ischias nerve in the rigth leg. My chiropraktor told me that that is common with trombonists.

I just found a site, that I will look further into. It is

http://www.ergobone.com

Best wishes

Peter G

Blake, you apparently are brilliant. We can tell by your great command of the english language. To give you some statistics, people involved in music are accademically among the top 23% of students. This means that they go to college, get good jobs, and then they can go on with their happy lives. While morons such as yourself are stuck (in prison) using those highly intelligent sounding obscene phrases.