# Anyone Play the Trombone...I need help

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**Created:** [November 15, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-play-the-trombone-i-need-help/70605 "2004-11-15T18:07:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-play-the-trombone-i-need-help/70605/1 "2004-11-15T18:07:32Z")

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Well it all started when my old trombone’s plating came off inside the slide from years of improper greasing/creaming etc. :pa: I got told that I should swap it for a new one…I hire it. I went along to the Music Centre where I live and they gave me a new one. By new I mean brand new and here’s the problem:  
The slide feels _gummy and sticky_ when I play it. I have tried to put slide cream on it and done all the usual, what should I do?