I purchased this Bass Trombone from Swisstbone earlier this year, but circumstances have changed. It is in near mint condition. This particular trombone was once owned by Dick Nash. He sold it in 2007 through the Horn Guys. The following is from their listing, and I got it from Daniel at Swisstbone.

"Holy S*#!!!! A near mint condition Conn 70H. This bass trombone is not only one of the most rare and sought after models, but it also belongs to Dick Nash, famous studio trombonist. We were all speechless when he brought this in to the store. The serial number on this horn is 295XX making this specimen from 1934. The slide is perfect and there are no dents anywhere (some evidence of tiny dents in the F wrap, repaired). The bell is beautiful, never been damaged or repaired. The engraving is clear and crisp. Looks like it is original lacquer and has darkened to a nice patina (could have been relacquered at some point but it was done a long time ago). This bass plays amazing!"

The following is from the Swisstbone listing:

And another legend may have owned that trombone: George Roberts! One of the owners before me had a letter from Dick Nash stating, it was sold to him, but that letter was lost somewhere on an old hard drive. But there’s some more evidence for it: Commenting the great recording “Art Pepper + Eleven” on Amazon, user “ddsbstrb” writes in 2012:

For those of you who are trombone-players and bass trombone players, that is Dick Nash on bass bone. According to Dick’s story, George Roberts was busy on these session-dates and I believe sold Dick one of his extra Conn 70H’s and Dick went on the session and sounded…….great, as you can hear! I ask Dick about this, at an International Trombone Festival, out in Salt Lake and Dick relayed the story of how he ended up on bass bone for this historical event.

If interested, it'll be $2500 plus shipping via PayPal.

If this trombone lasts more than 24 hours before being sold, I'll be shocked!

Someone, please buy - and play - it as a tribute to Dick Nash and for your own pleasure. :clever:

If i had the bread...

This baby plays... nothing more to be said.

I am the one who bought this from hornguys. Com in 2007..Great horn.. Used it for several years.. Nash told me in a letter that he used it for movie scores and a Dean Martin album in addition to the "Art Pepper plus eleven" album among others. I think he had to cut down on bass Jobs as it interferred with his tenor chops.. He Said he bought it because George Roberts had such Great sound on his.. However, hid did not mention that George Roberts ever owned or played this particular 70H...btw, i payed the same for it back in 2007..<EMOJI seq="1f609" tseq="1f609">😉</EMOJI>

Thanks for the update!I didn't know about the movies scores or the Dean Martin album. Great history on this horn!

[quote="SGlong"]Thanks for the update!I didn't know about the movies scores or the Dean Martin album. Great history on this horn![/quote]

If I didn't already have a fine Conn 71H ...

Email sent. I'll give it a good home.

Paul

SOLD

[quote="SGlong"]SOLD[/quote]

:good:

Dick Nash (a really great guy) will be pleased that this trombone is still being played. :)

I have a friend who just retired from playing who owns a Williams 8 formerly owned by Dick Nash. I'm trying to convince him to pass it on. :idk:

Wow. You all weren't kidding--this thing is gorgeous, in great shape, and PLAYS. At least for this large tenor player.

Also big thanks to SGlong for packing it extremely well! Not all commercial members of this forum are so careful ....

I expected a Remington shank, but it seems like it is a normal shank? Comments welcome from the former owners here. My only true bass piece is a recently-acquired long shank Schilke 58.

In any event, I feel awfully lucky to get to be a guardian and caretaker for this glorious instrument. I'm about to text a guy and tell him that next time he calls for bass sub, I can bring an actual bass trombone!

Paul

[quote="pjanda1"]I expected a Remington shank, but it seems like it is a normal shank? Comments welcome from the former owners here. My only true bass piece is a recently-acquired long shank Schilke 58.[/quote]

Does anyone know when Conn introduced the "Remington taper" large shank? :idk:

Fortunately for Paul, the old "long-shank Schilke 58" taper seems to work for both standard and "Remington" taper receivers. It should work fine with the 70H (I think).