In a previous posting, I made a picture of my trombone reflecting a picture of my dog lying on the chair. When I was doing those, I thought it would be a neat subject to go back and do some more photographs of the different parts of the horn. While my feelings are obviously biased, there's not many more beautiful instruments out there than a clean and polished trombone. When a musician takes the stage and blows amazing music through it, the feelings that come about are too numerous to mention. It reminds me of the many recitals and concerts I took part in and did my best to bring out of the piece what the composer intended. Whether it was playing in a symphonic band, holding my own in a quintet, or just blowing long tones in a practice room, just the fact that I put horn to face was something great.
I took this photo of the F-attachment linkage on my horn and thought it made a neat subject. The stark contrast of the horn against the white drapery made it stand out very well. One challenge I want to try and achieve would be to do a self portrait of me playing it and that may result in a future blog posting. For the time being, the memories I have of those playing days and the ones I make by playing new things will make do.
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