Trombone Story

I bought a new trombone to try this week, and there's more to the story than that.

TL;DR: Years ago, and just a year or two before she died, my mom bought me my first semi-professional model trombone.
(full story under the cut, or jump to the bottom of page for TL;DR cont'd if you don't want to read/can't see the cut)

( The Longer Story )

(TL;DR cont'd)
The significance of this is that now, twelve years after my mom's death, exactly at a time when I decide to consider buying a different trombone, the model that my mom bought for me is receiving an upgrade, and I am somehow strangely able to get one of them before they're widely available.

It's a weird kind of full circle.
This horn is not even being advertised yet except for on a very few retail sites; not even Getzen has a page for their own trombone yet.
Most trombonists don't know it exists. And most trombonists will not be able to try one either because of the backorder.

Finding it now, just because I was having my heart tugged toward my mother's gift, feels like she came and tapped me on the shoulder, and helped me to find a hidden treasure. A secret that only she and I knew about.

I know it's probably just an interesting coincidence.
And despite the feelings and attachment that I have for that trombone model, I'm still going to be VERY practical in deciding which trombone to keep (one of them has to go, I can't afford a new trombone right now and selling the Bach will cover the full cost of the Getzen.)

I may not end up with "mom's trombone" again.
But just the fact that I'm able to try it, when it's not publicly available, is kind of a miracle. To me, anyway.

It made me feel wonder, and excitement for playing the trombone again.

Thanks, mom :)

Trombone Story: womp womp

So much for the dramatic, nostalgic twists and turns of fate!

They sent me the wrong model of trombone!

It's still a Getzen Eterna, just the original model.
So it was still a lovely thing to pull it out of the box and see that familiar rose brass bell :)

But I could tell right away that it was not the new version.
No removable leadpipe, no silver tuning pipe, no variegated rotor, and nowhere on the horn did it say "Novus".

I'm disappointed, but called the store and hopefully they'll get back to me soon (the person I who sold me the horn was off today.)
Mostly I'm annoyed that no one LOOKED at the trombone before sending it off.
Typical.

This makes me doubt that they actually have the new model in stock.
Which means I'll probably be sending this horn back and getting a refund.
But it was nice to see it again, and after I talk to the salesperson tomorrow, maybe I'll play it a little before sending it back if that doesn't up my restocking fee.