Courtois 550BH
- MTbassbone
- Posts: 558
- Joined: Apr 21, 2018
Any experiences with this horn? Is it heavy weight wise? Is the curved hand brace comfortable?
- Burgerbob
- Posts: 6327
- Joined: Apr 23, 2018
Heavy heavy. And I don't like the curved brace, myself. Good horns but not my cup of tea in all regards, ergonomics at the bottom.
- Mv2541
- Posts: 562
- Joined: Mar 29, 2018
The one I had was a good player but it had kind of an ‘anonymous’ sound like people are saying about the KH in the other thread. This was especially true hearing a friend directly comparing it to other top horns (M&W, Shires, Thein, etc).
- timbone
- Posts: 240
- Joined: Apr 30, 2018
This was actually a lighter version on the 500 BH which had the plaque resonator in the main tuning slide. Now you think the 550 is heavy? The 500 is like a crane boom. But... the sound is thick and slots- pedal F’s - fat. They did something that was acoustically beneficial but not up to the weight and balance the usual player would expect. Oh well. I learned a long time ago, if you like the sound of TIS horns, you’ll learn how to hold em. I have my eye on one actually- the 500 that is.
- timbone
- Posts: 240
- Joined: Apr 30, 2018
Now I see that Mv2541 has a 502; that is a different perspective for sure and the 502 is very underrated btw.
- BoomtownRath
- Posts: 112
- Joined: Oct 15, 2019
Tried one recently with a 10 1/2" bell, was on the heavy side to hold but I found it nice to play on, responsive!!