Courtois 550BH

[MTbassbone]

Any experiences with this horn? Is it heavy weight wise? Is the curved hand brace comfortable?

[Burgerbob]

Heavy heavy. And I don't like the curved brace, myself. Good horns but not my cup of tea in all regards, ergonomics at the bottom.

[Mv2541]

The one I had was a good player but it had kind of an ‘anonymous’ sound like people are saying about the KH in the other thread. This was especially true hearing a friend directly comparing it to other top horns (M&W, Shires, Thein, etc).

[timbone]

This was actually a lighter version on the 500 BH which had the plaque resonator in the main tuning slide. Now you think the 550 is heavy? The 500 is like a crane boom. But... the sound is thick and slots- pedal F’s - fat. They did something that was acoustically beneficial but not up to the weight and balance the usual player would expect. Oh well. I learned a long time ago, if you like the sound of TIS horns, you’ll learn how to hold em. I have my eye on one actually- the 500 that is.

[timbone]

Now I see that Mv2541 has a 502; that is a different perspective for sure and the 502 is very underrated btw.

[BoomtownRath]

Tried one recently with a 10 1/2" bell, was on the heavy side to hold but I found it nice to play on, responsive!!

[Mv2541]

Now I see that Mv2541 has a 502; that is a different perspective for sure and the 502 is very underrated btw.

I have a gold bell 502 now, but I did have a 550 in the past that I think NeoBri might still have (?)