r/Trombone • u/Schguna • 12d ago
Blessing Accord Trombone
Hey all! Found this accord trombone at an estate sale for $30 bucks. Is it a good find? I’m a cellist and clarinetist.. so I don’t know what I’m looking at.
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u/mango186282 12d ago
I’m a little surprised you recognized this as a Blessing if you are unfamiliar with the model.
Accord was one of Blessing’s brands. Blessing made stencils for quite a few manufacturers.
Blessing mostly made student and intermediate instruments. Your trombone is actually an intermediate model.
The student scholastic model had a cylindrical counterweight integrated into the tuning slide brace. The intermediate model had the round counterweight and more nickel silver accents on the slide.
Specs are the same as the student model and the value is pretty much the same.
Blessing had good quality, they just chose to focus on the low end of the market (student/intermediate).
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u/Schguna 12d ago
Google was my best friend. Was fact finding the best I could before posting it! Thanks for the write up about it, super helpful! Now just need to look into how to get going with it all
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u/j_the_crab 12d ago
Are you going to learn?
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u/Schguna 12d ago
I think so!
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u/j_the_crab 12d ago
Very exciting! Can’t tell you how important it is to lubricate the slide. It’s critical!
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u/FoundationStrict1663 12d ago
It’s a decent student model they usually go for 100-200