Selmer 23

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Selmer 23

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I have a Selmer Model 23 Special trombone. Great horn! Anyone know what the difference between a Model 23 and a Model 23 K Special Modified?
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Goodgig wrote: Sat May 26, 2018 11:11 am I have a Selmer Model 23 Special trombone. Great horn! Anyone know what the difference between a Model 23 and a Model 23 K Special Modified?
I have a Model 23 K Special Modified. For what I've found Keith Ecker installed a redisigned receiver and leadpipe to accept Bach mouthpieces on those horns. It was probably done at the Bach factory. I don't know what the real difference is though. It sounds like there could be a problem to find a mouthpiece for an unmodified Semer 23?

/Tom
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Thanks for the information about Keith Ecker. I’m using a Bach 7C. It fits the receiver fine and the horn plays fine and tunes to A440 with the tuning slide out about 1/4inch.

I also read that the modified lead pipe might have been a way around paying tariffs since part of the assembly took place in US.
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Hi goodgig,

I have K, a great horn.
The pity thing is that Selmer has discontinued the trombone production after the acquisition of Bach corp.
So there is no popularity of Selmer trombone anymore in general market(not like us) compared with the Mark 6 saxophones which prices reaching to $10,000.

You can see and enjoy the same beautiful engravings on your 23 to the expensive saxophone.
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What is the bore size on a 23?
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Re: Selmer 23

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Pretty sure it’s .485 bore. I'm most impressed with the build quality of this trombone.
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[ 23=''S '' shaped brace -----K MOD =WIDER SLIDE and KING STYLE BELL BRACE


Goodgig wrote: Sat May 26, 2018 11:11 am I have a Selmer Model 23 Special trombone. Great horn! Anyone know what the difference between a Model 23 and a Model 23 K Special Modified?
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Re: Selmer 23

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hello i just bought a selmer 23 from 1956 and am looking to find out which mouthpieces should be used with this trombone? I need a gold-plated mouthpiece because I have some allergic problems with the white metal mouthpieces
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Goodgig wrote: Sat Jun 02, 2018 8:47 pm Pretty sure it’s .485 bore. I'm most impressed with the build quality of this trombone.
I believe it is .490
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gegegegege wrote: Sat Jan 09, 2021 3:49 pm hello i just bought a selmer 23 from 1956 and am looking to find out which mouthpieces should be used with this trombone? I need a gold-plated mouthpiece because I have some allergic problems with the white metal mouthpieces
You can use a wide range of mouthpieces, depending on what your sound concept is and what your embouchure is. Anything from a Bach 15C size to a Bach 6 1/2 AL will work. Whatever you buy, it must be small shank.

If you want Schilke equivalents, you are talking about 42 to 50 size. Yamaha are similar numbers, but their 48 is a Schilke 50.

Almost any mouthpiece can be bought in gold plate or be plated after the fact.
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Re: Selmer 23

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hurry wrote: Wed May 30, 2018 8:32 am The pity thing is that Selmer has discontinued the trombone production after the acquisition of Bach corp.
Actually, Selmer developed and marketed the Bolero and Largo models from about the mid sixties to the mid seventies, following its acquisition of Bach.
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