King 605F Specs
- BGuttman
- Posts: 7368
- Joined: Mar 22, 2018
Matt K had one. I think it was 0.485" bore and 7½" bell.
- JohnL
- Posts: 2529
- Joined: Mar 23, 2018
Published specs are 7⅜" bell, .491" bore.
Not sure what the bore through the valve is.
Not sure what the bore through the valve is.
- Finetales
- Posts: 1482
- Joined: Mar 23, 2018
The rotor isn't much bigger than that, if at all.
My 605F played pretty well, but I think the student grade leadpipe hamstrings the instrument. I bet with a 2B slide or leadpipe they could be pretty great. But yes, they are quite small.
I technically still own my 605F, it has just been sacrificed to a mad science alto trombone project.
My 605F played pretty well, but I think the student grade leadpipe hamstrings the instrument. I bet with a 2B slide or leadpipe they could be pretty great. But yes, they are quite small.
I technically still own my 605F, it has just been sacrificed to a mad science alto trombone project.
- Crazy4Tbone86
- Posts: 1654
- Joined: Jan 14, 2020
Hi Jerry!
The valve on the 605F is rather small also. A couple of years ago, I built a custom small bore bell section with a valve that had tuning slides for G, G-flat, F and E. To match the graduation of bores from the hand slide into the back half of the gooseneck, I was looking for a valve in the .512 to .515 bore range. Someone offered me a King 605F valve with all of the F tubing intact. I can’t remember the exact bore (probably somewhere around .495 or .500), but I remember that the valve was too small for that particular project.
The valve on the 605F is rather small also. A couple of years ago, I built a custom small bore bell section with a valve that had tuning slides for G, G-flat, F and E. To match the graduation of bores from the hand slide into the back half of the gooseneck, I was looking for a valve in the .512 to .515 bore range. Someone offered me a King 605F valve with all of the F tubing intact. I can’t remember the exact bore (probably somewhere around .495 or .500), but I remember that the valve was too small for that particular project.