The only thing better than a new trombone...
- Amconk
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- Joined: Jun 14, 2018
...Is a free trombone! I was gifted an old valve trombone from a community member. It had a few broken solder joints and the valves and slides were all frozen, but it was in overall good shape. I fixed the broken joints, and cleaned up the valves, replaced the felts and springs, and cleaned and lubed all the slides. I haven’t played it to a tuner yet, but I have a hunch it’s A439. There’s no marks at all to it, but it’s definitely an oldie. All pieces are stamped “45”. Anybody recognize it? My guess is it’s probably just a stencil, maybe outta the Monkey Wards catalog or something. Fun to play! A small shank mouthpiece barely fits in the receiver. Pics below:
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- mrdeacon
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[quote="Finetales"]Looks like that might take an alto horn shank.[/quote]
Right?
What key is the horn in?
Right?
What key is the horn in?
- Doug_Elliott
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- Joined: Mar 22, 2018
Looks like an Eb to me. I have a Conn Eb alto that also takes an alto horn shank. I can make shanks that size for my mouthpieces.
- Basbasun
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- Joined: Mar 26, 2018
It is a Bb valve trombone short modell, takes what used to be a small bore mpc, that is smaller the todeays smallbore. Probalby made in Markneukirchen. Amati?
- Amconk
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It’s definitely in Bb, not Eb. I’ve played enough alto to know the difference!
- JohnL
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A very similar current production horn from India:
<LINK_TEXT text="https://www.ebay.com/itm/TROMBONE-3-VAL ... 3551038089">https://www.ebay.com/itm/TROMBONE-3-VALVES-PURE-BRASS-MADE-IN-BRASS-POLISH-CUSHION-CASE-BOX-FREE-SHIP/183551038089</LINK_TEXT>
The short model valve 'bones on the Amati website look like they have standard length bell sections, but earlier production looks to have had a short bell (based on what I see on horn-u-copia.net)
[quote="Basbasun"]Probalby made in Markneukirchen. Amati?[/quote]
Was Amati ever in Markneukirchen? I thought they were always in Kraslice.
<LINK_TEXT text="https://www.ebay.com/itm/TROMBONE-3-VAL ... 3551038089">https://www.ebay.com/itm/TROMBONE-3-VALVES-PURE-BRASS-MADE-IN-BRASS-POLISH-CUSHION-CASE-BOX-FREE-SHIP/183551038089</LINK_TEXT>
The short model valve 'bones on the Amati website look like they have standard length bell sections, but earlier production looks to have had a short bell (based on what I see on horn-u-copia.net)
[quote="Basbasun"]Probalby made in Markneukirchen. Amati?[/quote]
Was Amati ever in Markneukirchen? I thought they were always in Kraslice.
- Amconk
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[quote="JohnL"]A very similar current production horn from India:
<LINK_TEXT text="https://www.ebay.com/itm/TROMBONE-3-VAL ... 3551038089">https://www.ebay.com/itm/TROMBONE-3-VALVES-PURE-BRASS-MADE-IN-BRASS-POLISH-CUSHION-CASE-BOX-FREE-SHIP/183551038089</LINK_TEXT>[/quote]
Fascinating! It’s very similar...
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Fascinating! It’s very similar...
- Basbasun
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[quote="JohnL"]A very similar current production horn from India:
<LINK_TEXT text="https://www.ebay.com/itm/TROMBONE-3-VAL ... 3551038089">https://www.ebay.com/itm/TROMBONE-3-VALVES-PURE-BRASS-MADE-IN-BRASS-POLISH-CUSHION-CASE-BOX-FREE-SHIP/183551038089</LINK_TEXT>
The short model valve 'bones on the Amati website look like they have standard length bell sections, but earlier production looks to have had a short bell (based on what I see on horn-u-copia.net)
<QUOTE author="Basbasun" post_id="115165" time="1591091070" user_id="196">Probalby made in Markneukirchen. Amati?[/quote]
Was Amati ever in Markneukirchen? I thought they were always in Kraslice.
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You are right John, my wrong. Svenne
<LINK_TEXT text="https://www.ebay.com/itm/TROMBONE-3-VAL ... 3551038089">https://www.ebay.com/itm/TROMBONE-3-VALVES-PURE-BRASS-MADE-IN-BRASS-POLISH-CUSHION-CASE-BOX-FREE-SHIP/183551038089</LINK_TEXT>
The short model valve 'bones on the Amati website look like they have standard length bell sections, but earlier production looks to have had a short bell (based on what I see on horn-u-copia.net)
<QUOTE author="Basbasun" post_id="115165" time="1591091070" user_id="196">Probalby made in Markneukirchen. Amati?[/quote]
Was Amati ever in Markneukirchen? I thought they were always in Kraslice.
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You are right John, my wrong. Svenne
- JohnL
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[quote="Basbasun"]<QUOTE author="JohnL" post_id="115263" time="1591130305" user_id="119">Was Amati ever in Markneukirchen? I thought they were always in Kraslice.[/quote]
You are right John, my wrong. Svenne
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They're less than 20 km apart; same region but a different country... :good:
You are right John, my wrong. Svenne
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They're less than 20 km apart; same region but a different country... :good: