This past February, I found a listing on Kleinanzeigen for an extremely old Contrabass trombone in the key of F. After some time, And some logistics, it’s here in the states!

Here’s a few photos of the horn:

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In the contrabass trombone world, this is kind of like an early Mt. Vernon Bass. The horn sports a 10 inch gold brass bell, which unfortunately got crushed while shipping. The two valves pitch the instrument down to Eb / Bb, and combining the two gives a low A. Overall a super cool horn that won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. If you have any questions about the horn or any history behind it, I can do my best to fill you in on what I know.

Many, MANY thanks to SwissTBone for helping to land this horn in my hands, all the way from Germany! :biggrin:

That’s all!

Nice! Once you get the bell repaired, I’m looking forward to hearing what you think of it.

Much like my old horn!

Get a D slide made and the triggers split and your set.

Mine was much easier to deal with with an Ergobone.

[quote="Burgerbob"]Much like my old horn!

Get a D slide made and the triggers split and your set.

Mine was much easier to deal with with an Ergobone.[/quote]

I remember that horn!

I know a guy who could probably split the triggers… we’ll see!