This is why I`m saving money for a Holton TR-365 DOuble trombone or "Superbone"

On the right hand, a slide
On the left, Valves!

Its all independant too, so you don`t have to choose to play just one, be like Maynard and use both!

LoL, I love that horn and that guy :P

Can you give me the link to the valve trombone fingering chart, please?

For those interested it is:
http://www.kingwinds.com/pdf/Euphonium%203valve.pdf

However, I think there is an error: middle Gb should be valves 2&3, not 1,2&3.

Well....I play Euphonium, Tuba, and Trombone..and I noticed key things.

1) Tuba and Euphonium, all you need to do is use more/less air, firm up/relax your appature slightly to fix the tuning of each note, but if the valves are tuned, it will most likely that you will stay tuned up.

2) TROMBONE REQUIRES A VERY GOOD EAR!!!!!

As for a valve trombone, I do not like the sound....I have no real reason to give...but then, just that feeling, you know???

I play tuba and I am also going to be starting valve trombone for jazz band, and my question is this. So by and octave higher do you mean that rather then playing a low c as first and third, it would be played as first?

C in the staff (2nd space) would be 1st valve on tuba, and 1st and 3rd valve on valve bone.

I play a Baritone, Trombone, Tuba, and a Valve Trombone. The tuba mouthpice is bigger but all valve combinations are the same.

Hi! I jsut bought a Maestro valve trombone for pretty cheap. Its in pretty good condition. I just don't know how to get the valves to move smoother. Is there a certain way to oil it? What kind of oil sould I use? Also, B and F# don't speak with the fingerings I found on a KING fingering chart. I tried 1&2 as well as 1&3 and got a nearly good response. IS there a good fingering chart I can get a hold of? I'm just trying to get started on this new horn but I'm all confused after playing a slide trombone for 8 years.

trom·bone (trŏm-bōn', trəm-, trŏm'bōn')
n.
A brass instrument consisting of a long cylindrical tube bent upon itself twice, ending in a bell-shaped mouth, and having a movable U-shaped slide for producing different pitches.

Valve Trombone doesn't have a "movable slide" therefore, is not a trombone. I Despise the sound of a valve trombone, and denounce any ensemble that contains one. word.