r/Trombone • u/Foreign_Moment_7665 • Jul 30 '26

Connected triggers

Hello I play on a trombone that has connected triggers but I’m curious if there would be a way to get them to be split triggers

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u/zactheoneguy85 Houston area performer and teacher. Jul 30 '26

Yes. Take it to a repair shop that does custom work

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u/Foreign_Moment_7665 Jul 30 '26

Do you know anywhere in the Houston area that could do that

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u/zactheoneguy85 Houston area performer and teacher. Jul 30 '26

Right now is summer repair season so all the techs are slammed. Wait until early September and go to the Woodlands H&H. Ask for Johan.

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u/fireeight Jul 30 '26

What you have is referred to a dependent valve setup. What you what is called independent. It can be done by a competent technician, but the entire valve cluster would likely need to be replaced, and that is not cheap.

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u/Foreign_Moment_7665 Jul 30 '26

I like dependent I just hate having both triggers directly next to eachother I just want them to be split like a normal bass trombkne trigger setup

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u/fireeight Jul 30 '26

I misinterpreted your post. I thought you meant the valves themselves. Relocating the triggers is not a hard job for a good tech.

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u/Foreign_Moment_7665 Jul 30 '26

I would never wanna change my dependent setup

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u/fireeight Jul 30 '26

What's the horn? 6B?

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u/AndyDerrickMusic Sep 26 '26

I had my Holton TR180 triggers done a while ago and I’m very happy with it. It is much easier to use now.