maybe he got tired of tuning his flute. Rash can occure if you do it more than three times a day. YDI for not tuning his flute for him. Keep him happy no more trumbone

earplugs maybe? my brother tries playing his trumpet every now and then... bless your soul!

I play the trombone

Ugh. You can move, complain to the landlord, or *gasp* knock on your neighbor's door and ask if they could keep it down or possibly play somewhere else. Not very hard to solve. Don't listen to most of the commenters that are saying you should also get a really loud instrument. I highly doubt that your neighbor is purposely trying to annoy you, so don't deliberately try to annoy him/her as some sort of "revenge"; their intentions are innocent. If you fight fire with fire, all you get is a bigger flame.

I live in a dorm where someone plays the drums and someone else plays a trombone.

That would be annoying as all hell. I'd be the bitch who anonymously informs the landlord. I don't think instruments like that should be played in buildings where there are upstairs/downstairs/sideways neighbors. I have a friend that plays trumpet and many other instruments, but he has a muffler or something like that so it's not even nearly as loud.

don't feel bad. my downstairs neighbor plays the tuba -_-

lmaoo good luuckkk (:

Best advice ever.

My boyfriend and I both own guitars, and our landlords live upstairs. We have a basement appartment. They basically said they don't mind as long as we don't play too late in the night. I think if you just talk to your neighbours nicely about it, they'll be pretty reasonable.