> Trombones, too. They rule just as they are (except once I saw a trombone with valves [like a cornet] in Austria and that was the bomb).

Valve trombones are totally gay. Having a slide is the way to go; it gives the trombonist such fine control over the pitch he's playing, and allows for wonderful gliss / slur effects. Not to mention it doesn't wear out (unlike valve springs) and it doesn't give you pipe with four million bends (each with corresponding spit resevoir). No, the trombone is truly the greatest of all wind instruments. I'm sure Wes would agree (he'd say something about bass trombones, but, hey; as long as it has a slide, it's fine by me).