“It’s a marvelous thing to look over my group of up to 20 trombones, and see all the slides in the same position”
“When I handed out the TromboneBuddy’s to my trombone students, one insisted that he didn’t need it. A couple weeks later he came to me and asked, “Can I have a Buddy please”?
“My students love it”
Tactile positions.
TromboneBuddy’s™ unique patented mechanism
adds a “Notch” sensation to precise adjustable
visual markers.
Attaches and detaches in seconds, no more
dropping the slide.
Attaches and detaches in seconds with non-marring clips, makes TromboneBuddy™ easy and quick to use, stores in case.
SlideSaver avoids damage commonly caused by dropping the slide.
Made with ultra light carbon fiber.
Made with ultra light carbon fiber, very tough and most
players can’t feel a difference in slide movements when
TromboneBuddy™ is attached.
Leasing program available to educational institutions
Trombone Buddy
Learning the trombone is about to change forever… Now, musicians can see and feel exactly where the positions are! Learn More Tactile positions. Trombone Buddy’s unique patented mechanism adds a “Notch” sensation to precise adjustable visual markers. Trombone Buddy is located in Rochester Minnesota.All brass instruments other than trombone enjoy the un-ambiguous nature of valves. In use, each valve is either in one position or the other, having very unmistakable open and closed stopping points. Whether valves are mechanically piston or rotary, they impart a very positive, non-negotiable feel.The trombone’s slide has only two non-negotiable positions; completely retracted which is first position, and completely extended until the slide literally falls off, and only one of these absolute positions is useful!Trombone Buddy’s unique, patented mechanism magnetically imparts a definite “notch” feeling to each position, numbers 2-7, as the guide magnet aligns with each position marker on the carbon fiber tube. In addition to precise relevant tactile references, the guide marker’s location was specifically designed to provide visual position marking. It aligns with the slide’s holding point, the hand brace, which is typically the visual reference point used to teach position locations in the traditional way. As the slide is extended or retracted with Trombone Buddy attached, each position is marked visually when the magnet guide aligns with each position marker on the carbon fiber tube. Trombone Buddy enhances the traditional visual cues by making each position easy to see, and also easy to remember the relationships between the hand brace and other parts of the horn for each position when the device is off the horn.Learning the trombone is about to change forever… Now, musicians can see and feel exactly where the positions are! Learn More Tactile positions. Trombone Buddy’s unique patented mechanism adds a “Notch” sensation to precise adjustable visual markers. Trombone Buddy is located in Rochester Minnesota.All brass instruments other than trombone enjoy the un-ambiguous nature of valves. In use, each valve is either in one position or the other, having very unmistakable open and closed stopping points. Whether valves are mechanically piston or rotary, they impart a very positive, non-negotiable feel.The trombone’s slide has only two non-negotiable positions; completely retracted which is first position, and completely extended until the slide literally falls off, and only one of these absolute positions is useful!Trombone Buddy’s unique, patented mechanism magnetically imparts a definite “notch” feeling to each position, numbers 2-7, as the guide magnet aligns with each position marker on the carbon fiber tube. In addition to precise relevant tactile references, the guide marker’s location was specifically designed to provide visual position marking. It aligns with the slide’s holding point, the hand brace, which is typically the visual reference point used to teach position locations in the traditional way. As the slide is extended or retracted with Trombone Buddy attached, each position is marked visually when the magnet guide aligns with each position marker on the carbon fiber tube. Trombone Buddy enhances the traditional visual cues by making each position easy to see, and also easy to remember the relationships between the hand brace and other parts of the horn for each position when the device is off the horn.