Videos

Many people have contacted us inquiring about factory tours. For those of you that can't make it to Elkhorn, we are pleased to offer the next best thing. Below, you will find production videos that will provide insight into how Edwards Instruments are made, all from the comfort of your home.

We are also starting to film maintenance videos to better demonstrate simple tasks you can do to take care of your horn. More to come...

T396-A Interview With Joseph Alessi

  • Mr. Joseph Alessi sits down with Christan Griego to discuss the new Alessi model by Edwards.
  • Christan Griego shows us how to properly clean and lube a trombone slide.
  • Christan Griego takes us through the procedure of removing a stuck mouthpiece and leadpipe from a trombone slide that features a removable leadpipe.
  • Christan Griego and Michael Dugan demonstrate how to dial in the Edwards T-396 Alessi trombone to your playing wants and needs. Part (1 of 1)
  • Ron Knaflic shows how to disassemble a tenor Axial Flow Thayer Valve as well as cleaning. All lubricants can be purchased by calling 1-800-562-6838 Please see part 2 for the reassembly.
  • Ron Knaflic shows us how to install an Edwards BC401-(E) Single Valve Converter on a Edwards B454 Bass Trombone. To order a BC401 please contact Edwards at 1-800-562-6838
  • Ron Knaflic shows us how to properly lubricate a tenor Axial Flow (Thayer) style valve. Lubricants can be purchased by calling 1-800-562-6838
  • Christan Griego and Michael Dugan demonstrate how to dial in the Edwards T-396 Alessi trombone to your playing wants and needs. Part (2 of 3)
  • Ron Knaflic shows us how to install the Edwards Bullet Brace. This is a great ergonomic aid to ease the stress on the wrists and hands. Works on both tenor and bass. To order one for your trombone please call 1-800-562-6838.
  • Christan Griego and Michael Dugan demonstrate how to dial in the Edwards T-396 Alessi trombone to your playing wants and needs. Part (3 of 3)
  • Christan Griego shows us how to remove and replace worn slide felts/bumpers.
  • Spinning is where a bell is formed into its final shape. The bell takes the shape of the mandrel as Bruce applies pressure with the harpoon-like tool. Care must be taken with two-piece bells to remove the extra mass where the flair and stem meet. Bruce feels the bell and then removes the extra mass (this step is not needed when spinning our one-piece trumpet bells). Finally, he straps the bell with a file and sandpaper. Bruce has been spinning bells for over 15 years and makes his art look easy.
  • Ron Knaflic shows us how to disassemble and reassemble an Amado waterkey on a Edwards Trumpet. Please wear your safety glasses.
  • Ron Knaflic shows us how to remove, replace cork, replace spring and reinstall a lever waterkey on a trumpet. Please wear your safety glasses!!!!!
  • Christan Griego and Ron Knaflic show us how to replace a spitvalve/waterkey spring and cork. Wear your safety glasses please!!!!!!!
  • Ron Knaflic shows us how to lubricate and reassemble a tenor Axial Flow Thayer Valve. To purchase all lubricants mentioned please call 1-800-562-6838
  • The polished, de-greased trumpet is placed in an electro-clean tank before being submersed into a silver strike tank, which places a very thin coating of silver on the horn. This serves as a primer for the actual silver plating that occurs when Martin places the trumpet in the silver plate tank. Notice the four silver anodes hanging in the back. These send a negative charge to the tank (the instrument receives a positive charge). The silver plating is complete after ten minutes.
  • Ron Knaflic shows us how to properly lubricate a Axial Flow (Thayer) valve section. All lubricants are available from Edwards at 1-800-562-6838.
  • Christan Griego and Paul Tynan take us through the fitting process of Edwards trumpets!
  • Christan Griego of Edwards Instrument Company shows instrument wear caused by an individuals high acidity. Tips are given on how to prevent this type of wear.
  • A great deal of handwork is involved in the proper construction of a trumpet piston. In this video you can see some of this during the insertion of the brass piston liners. First, cutting a piece of nickel silver tubing to length and then drilling the proper holes creates the piston blank. Hole location is crucial to ensure both radial and linear alignment with the valve casing. The next step, shown here, is to insert the piston liners into these holes. The liners are crushed, for lack of a better term, to fit into the piston blank. The smallest end is then inserted through the corresponding holes of the blank. Once in place, the ends of the liner are roughly expanded by hand. This is done more to hold the liners in place at this point and not to completely fit them to the liner. That will come later (see Liner Expansion). The entire process is repeated until all of the liners are in place.
  • Here you can see the inside of our Slide Room, where every Getzen and Edwards handslide is prepared before being shipped to a customer. Each slide undergoes several different processes here, all designed to ensure the highest quality on every trombone we build.
  • This video shows the next step in piston construction following the insertion of the piston liners. The liners are expanded into the piston when initially inserted, but this is just to hold them in place and is only temporary. The liners still need to be expanded to their original. To do this, a series of spinning lathes are used. Each lathe is connected to a rod with a specificly sized ball on the end. As the piston is pushed against the rod, the ball at the end is forced into the liner. This accomplishes two things. First, and most importantly, the liner is now the proper size and shape to allow proper air flow when the trumpet is played. The second thing it does is tightly fit the liner to the piston body. The piston is now ready for the liners to be brazed into place.
  • Christan Griego and Paul Tynan take us through stage 2 of the Edwards fitting process to find the tuning slide that matches the valve and lead pipe.