TromboneChat

heinzgries wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 3:21 am My instruments:
- Jupiter slide trumpet
- B&S Eb alto
- Bach 39 Eb alto
- Courtois Eb alto
- Conn 34H Eb alto
- Thorsten Mittag custom Eb alto
- Helmut Voigt big bore Eb alto
- Kromat F alto
- Pfretzschner F alto
- Bach LT 6 gold plated tenor
- Getzen super deluxe silver plated tenor
- Getzen 3508R tenor
- Reisser old tenor trombone german style
- Hawkes tenor peashooter build around 1900

Wow, interesting collection of altos!

Would be great if you could at some point find the Time to do a comprehensive overview and comparison of the different models. This would certainly be worth a separate threat!

GermanTrombone wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 4:43 am

heinzgries wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 3:21 am My instruments:
- Jupiter slide trumpet
- B&S Eb alto
- Bach 39 Eb alto
- Courtois Eb alto
- Conn 34H Eb alto
- Thorsten Mittag custom Eb alto
- Helmut Voigt big bore Eb alto
- Kromat F alto
- Pfretzschner F alto
- Bach LT 6 gold plated tenor
- Getzen super deluxe silver plated tenor
- Getzen 3508R tenor
- Reisser old tenor trombone german style
- Hawkes tenor peashooter build around 1900

Wow, interesting collection of altos!

Would be great if you could at some point find the Time to do a comprehensive overview and comparison of the different models. This would certainly be worth a separate threat!

+1

NBischoff wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 2:55 am
Conn 14K Sousaphone
Bach 50B3
Bach 50T3 w/ Shires BI-1GT7 Bell (Main axe)
Amati G Bass Trombone
Bach 42K (1975 Corp 42B w/ aftermarket conversion)
Mirafone 183 Eb tuba

Not pictured is my King 3B Silver Sonic, which is currently in quarantine with Benn Hansson.

Never knew Amati made a G bass!

Finetales wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 9:54 am

NBischoff wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 2:55 am
Conn 14K Sousaphone
Bach 50B3
Bach 50T3 w/ Shires BI-1GT7 Bell (Main axe)
Amati G Bass Trombone
Bach 42K (1975 Corp 42B w/ aftermarket conversion)
Mirafone 183 Eb tuba

Not pictured is my King 3B Silver Sonic, which is currently in quarantine with Benn Hansson.

Never knew Amati made a G bass!

Nice Bachs, 42K is a rare steed indeed.

Here's mine. They're described and pictured in more detail here.

From top to bottom:

Yamaha 671T Alto
Conn 8H (Elkhart bell section, 90s 2547 slide)
Conn/Greenhoe 88HTG
Davis Shuman DS-128
Custom Shires w/Edwards dual bore slide bass trombone
Customized Shires ProSelect bass trombone
Wessex Dolce Cantabile Euphonium

ChadA wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 11:46 am From top to bottom:

Yamaha 671T Alto
Conn 8H (Elkhart bell section, 90s 2547 slide)
Conn/Greenhoe 88HTG
Davis Shuman DS-128
Custom Shires w/Edwards dual bore slide bass trombone
Customized Shires ProSelect bass trombone
Wessex Dolce Cantabile Euphonium

And you obviously know how to take good pics of your trombones. Nice!

How about the all Williams Collection?

Ordered quite helpfully in how much money they make (made...) me.

'60s Voight contra, "Bires", 42T, 3B/F, "Jank" 3BSS.

more bits and pieces, and a horn in the works. Coming soon!

Jnoxon wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 7:32 pm How about the all Williams Collection?

What a great reason to laugh! Congratulations!

L-R:
Wessex Piccolo (just as a decoration... but it does play)
Jupiter Soprano, Schilke 24 mouthpiece
Rath R10 nickel brushed bell, Elliott 95B2
Rath R3F nickel bell with Rotax rotor, Elliott 100D4
Stormtrooper pBone
Rath R4F nickel bell with Hagmann valve, Elliott 100G8 mouthpiece
JP Rath 236 alto, Elliott 95B2 mouthpiece
Rath R9D nickel bell with dependent Rotax rotors, Schilke Reichenbach mouthpiece

Not shown:
Miraphone 282 Tuba, Elliott 126N mouthpiece
Mirafone 47WL Loimayr Tenorhorn, Elliott 100E custom mouthpiece
Willson 2900 Euphonium, Elliott 102J mouthpiece
Schilke 1040 Flugelhorn, AR Resonance MD40 mouthpiece
Getzen 3850 Cornet, Wick 4W Heritage mouthpiece
Conn 6D French Horn, Schilke 30 mouthpiece

Here's my collection; Getzen 1050 Eterna (after BAC restoration in 2019), Yamaha 5335 Bb trumpet, John Packer 133 MLR medium bore, JP/Rath 3320 (.547 bore), Getzen 1062FD dependent bass, in front of a Williams digital piano. The Getzens are more than 20 years old, and the Yamaha is about 15 years old. The Packer/Rath and Packer horns are much newer. Not pictured are my pTrumpet, pBone and Coolwind plastic trombones. In retirement from nearly 35 years of teaching high school band and choir, I now have the time for all of them! I'm also delighted to have learned how to attach a photo to a post here

My room is fairly messy at the moment, but if anyone wants pictures I can get some.
1919 York "Professional" tenor trombone
Conn 23H tenor trombone with a sanded finish
Eastman 432 tenor trombone
Unmarked Schiller bass trombone (higher end model, with rose brass bell and an Eb/D trigger)
Unmarked King Euphonium with front-facing valves
King 600 trumpet (this is the only instrument I have in perfect condition)
King 601 trumpet (kindly named "s**t tooter" by my band mates)
Silver King French Horn
1964 Giannini Rosewood Classical Guitar
Simmons Electric Drum Kit

XO Brass 1240 RL-T
1961 3B Silversonic
Lawler Model 1
3BF bell section
Benge 170 Freelance
Conn 88H (on case)

Phil Teele’s Yamaha YBL-612. Triggers Split, kept string linkage on the F valve. Plays great, wish the 10 inch was more 9.5ish.

King 3BF, early 70s, family hand-me-down. In 1998 when I first started trombone, this was my first trombone. I always wanted a bigger one with 0.547, and an 8.5inch bell. I always blamed the trombone for being too small. The problem was my mouthpiece was too large! 6.5AL was just a wrong fit. I now play on a vintage King 11M and feel like I have unlocked this horn’s potential, and my own. I have guilt over ever giving this horn blame for anything, it was all ME and trying to expect a Bach 42 out of a King 3B.

Martin TR4501 Urbie Green Model. New to me, seriously the absolute lightest horn I’ve ever held, and is super nimble and colorful. I would put it up against any of the boutique 500s in it’s capabilities.

King 606. Bought it off shopgoodwill for 30 dollars, has the best slide out of all my slides, funny enough. If there was a receipt in the case from the slide doctor I would believe it. Built like a tank, and way underrated. Has a oven cleaner and 3m scotchbrite finish.

Selman nickel silver alto. I hate this trombone. It feels flat and out of tune, but I put it on a tuner and it’s in bE, with the tuning slide about to fall out. Probably needs the lead pipe replaced. And I’m using a 12C, and don’t have much alto experience, but this thing just doesn’t jive with me.

Ludwig G/D bass bugle. Funnily out of tune.
Bach TR500 trumpet. A pretty good trumpet, works great.
Reynolds Emperor Cornet. Fun to play.
Carl Fischer Zephyr peashooter trumpet. Salvaged from goodwill, and “rehabbed” in my bathtub with soap and water and oil, plays good, but not a single slide moves, had a peculiar, LASER-like tone due to narrow bore and cylindricity.
King Cleveland Alto Saxophone From goodwill
Normandy Clarinet from goodwill

Cecilio/Mendini MTB33. Bought by surprise at an Amazon return pallet auction. Slide was immovable, but this trombone was in mint condition. I spent 30 minutes with the bathtub and cleaning rod, added some yamasnot, and it has a surprisingly good slide. This thing is heavy! And plays a lot better than I was expecting. Valve is good, and nothing feels flimsy. Time will tell on this, but it also came with a lawn mower and water heater, disc brake rotors for cars I don’t have, a Dewalt tile saw, and a remote control electric smoker with a bent handle.

Unfortunately I can't get a picture of the entire stable because they're not in all in the same location




Here are my main axe (Egger tenor sackbut, 2014) and the three doubling instruments I'm at various stages of learning: tenor cornett (3D-printed by Ricardo Simian), Renaissance slide trumpet (Graham Nicholson, 2018), ophicleide in Bb (Wessex).




Two of my Romantic trombones. Left is a large-bore German straight tenor (Christian Reisser, probably mid-20th century). Right is a French peashooter (Courtois, ca. 1890). Tiny bore, tiny bell, tiny mouthpiece, perfect for Bolero . Also extra long tuning slide, can tune to anywhere between 430 and 452!



My other German Romantic trombone (unkown maker, probably early-20th century), a convertible large bore tenor-bass (it has an unusually large bell throat, so really works best as a bass). Currently in the shop for some touch-up work on the slide.




My first, and formerly main trombone, Bach LT42 (1994, originally LT42BO, converted to Hagmann early 2011, and with M/K bronze crook), which sadly mostly lives in its case now...




The horn I use(d) for jazz and will use when I play some Pryor. Conn small bore (ca. 1913). Equivalent to a 2H. I love this horn but unfortunately haven't had any opportunity to bring it over since I moved to Europe.


I have a few more back home but mostly not playable or worth making playable.

Next on the purchase list is a bass sackbut - it's almost the instrument I play most but I've been borrowing and renting horns for 3 years...working with a maker to build a new model, we were supposed to go inspect and try a couple of originals to decide which to copy but then corona hit

I feel like real small potatoes! And maybe shouldn't feel so badly about looking at other horns on the internet...

Glassl Alto
H.N. White American standard (with green Gator Skin style case- not pictured!)
Edwards T350 CR-E
Edwards T396A
Shires Q Series Bass Trombone

Not pictured:
Bach TB200 (my old marching band horn)
Bach Corporation 36B
Conn 3V E-flat tuba

NateR wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 7:47 pm And maybe shouldn't feel so badly about looking at other horns on the internet...

It's a way of life.

NBischoff wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 2:55 am
Conn 14K Sousaphone
Bach 50B3
Bach 50T3 w/ Shires BI-1GT7 Bell (Main axe)
Amati G Bass Trombone
Bach 42K (1975 Corp 42B w/ aftermarket conversion)
Mirafone 183 Eb tuba

Not pictured is my King 3B Silver Sonic, which is currently in quarantine with Benn Hansson.

How do you like that K valve? Always thought it was a neat design, but I’ve never tried one.

SlideCrook wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2020 5:44 pm Phil Teele’s Yamaha YBL-612. Triggers Split, kept string linkage on the F valve. Plays great, wish the 10 inch was more 9.5ish.

Really great to see that Phil Teele's instruments are still making music, after his passing. Is it all yellow brass? They really are/were underrated horns. Is the leadpipe on it stock?

With my 612, I found that having the D crook on the right side of the valve section resulted in it being a bit more "balanced". Also the Yamaha case itself will only hold the D crook installed on that side.

My stable has been pretty consistent for some time now. I do need to to get a new picture with the Euphonium and Tuba pictured as well. Also I have two horns that I haven't had a chance to picture yet due to me being really lazy.

Unpictured are a Kanstul 1588CR and a Bach 39 Alto formerly owned by Byron Peebles. Also my Sterling Euphonium and Yamaha YBB-631 BBb tuba.

Pictured, left to right:

Yamaha YBL-612 RII Bass trombone. D-crook installed. N/S outer slide and Red Brass bell.

Bach 42T. All yellow brass. Has had a lot of work done on it due to Bach not knowing how to assemble Thayer Valves properly back in 2000.

Kanstul 1570CR. Love this horn. Like a lightweight Bach 42. Very responsive and light.

Yamaha YSL-640. Great pit horn, also great for 1st parts in small orchestras, for small ensembles, and lots of other things.

King 2103 / 3B from around 1994-5 or so. Has some cool engraving on the top of the barrel, and "KING 3B" on the inside of the bell. Standard yellow brass bell. My first "professional" horn. Still love it.

Not as big as some of you guys - JP 136 also. Rath R3/4 (depending on which bell I am using), Lawler Model 1 in red brass with nickel slide, and JP 274 Euphonium that I just bought before the world shut down.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/2wwBiZrqFzQp7qGN7

Amconk wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 11:57 pm
How do you like that K valve? Always thought it was a neat design, but I’ve never tried one.

It's definitely the most open blow I've ever had on a tenor valve. B-flat in 3rd is almost better than the open horn! I've played two examples of the 50K3 as well, one good and one meh, but overall, I think the valve is better suited for tenors.

Finetales wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 9:54 am
Never knew Amati made a G bass!

Neither did I before I picked this one up!

Bach42t wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 10:27 am Nice Bachs, 42K is a rare steed indeed.

Thanks! The valve section is actually not original to this particular horn. Eric Edwards was kind enough to sell it to me and Benn Hansson did the conversion. He also rebuilt the slide, set it up with a bi-threaded leadpipe receiver and an Edwards nickel silver bass crook. He turned an alright Corp 42B into a winner!

I made some changes to my roundup recently, so here's the new herd:


From left to right:
- 8h/36b frankenbone
- Kanstul 1662i
- Mack Brass TU422 tuba (3/4 BBb 4v front piston)
- 78h (behind tuba)
- 88h (slant behind 78h)
- 79h
- Wessex Festivo
- Olds Recording (LA)

Just two!

- Edwards T396-A
- Conn TB711F

hyperbolica wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 2:48 pm I made some changes to my roundup recently, so here's the new herd:


From left to right:
- 8h/36b frankenbone
- Kanstul 1662i
- Mack Brass TU422 tuba (3/4 BBb 4v front piston)
- 78h (behind tuba)
- 88h (slant behind 78h)
- 79h
- Wessex Festivo
- Olds Recording (LA)

I've been thinking about picking up a TU422. How do you like it?

NBischoff wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 2:40 am I've been thinking about picking up a TU422. How do you like it?

I'm not much of a tubist, I've sold off 3 previous tubas that I've had. The first one put the bell at my ear and I just couldn't hear partials with it, the second was a tiny Eb, and it created too much chaos with a second set of fingerings when I'm not really secure in Bb fingerings, and the third was some oddball old instrument that just didn't do it for me either.

The TU422 is just right for me, although the mouthpiece it ships with is too big. It's relatively small, a 3/4 and about 16 lbs. But it has a big tuba sound. I'm sure the mouthpiece is part of that. I've got some smaller mouthpieces coming to see what works. I had some good advice from people familiar with this or the Yamaha equivalent (YBB621). I'll be more nimble on it with the smaller mouthpiece, and the air won't be such a problem.

The only other bad thing I'd say about it, well, 2 things. First the slides are pretty stiff, but sanding them down helps for the ones you might use a lot. Second, it only has 1 spit valve, and it needs at least 1 more, maybe 2-3 more. I'll probably have a local shop install some saturns or equivalent once I've been annoyed sufficiently by dumping slides.

The valves aren't bad, they do need a little breaking in. My Wessex Festivo took some months to break in, playing it a couple times a week. The 422 isn't as tight as the Festivo was.

The ergonomics was a big concern for me, and I like the 4 in front configuration. The 4th valve is a little close in, but it's ok. I use a leather bandolier strap, and it holds the horn up perfectly so the left hand can play with slides if necessary.

I don't really want to comment on the intonation until I get a proper mouthpiece. Right now, some of the higher partials seem a little low, and there are a lot of split tones. The mouthpiece it comes with has a huge throat, which I don't really like.

Here’s mine (minus an old King 4-valve baritone that my son plays in band):

B&S GR-51 BBB Tuba
Rath R4 Bass
Getzen 3047 Tenor

I’ve done a lot of horn trying and trading the last few years but I think these are all keepers.

Oslide wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 12:55 pm

Jnoxon wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 7:32 pm How about the all Williams Collection?

What a great reason to laugh! Congratulations!

Laugh all you want too!!lol

2023 bump!


Top row L-R: 1990s King 607, 1962 Conn 88H, 1963 Conn 72H (Yamaha valves), 1972 Olds S24G (for sale!)
Bottom row L-R: 1984 King 1130 flugabone, unmarked German soprano trombone with rotor in A/Ab/G/F, 1973 King 3B, 1972 King 3BF, 196x Conn 72H bell section (thinking about selling)


Top row L-R: Lidl rotary bass trumpet, Jin Bao JBBR-1240 British baritone horn, 1905-1931 Pelissón bass saxhorn in C, 2007 Sterling Virtuoso euphonium
Second row L-R: Kanstul 190 G baritone bugle, Schiller marching French horn, 1980s Kanstul meehaphone, 1990s Kanstul KAH-175 G alto bugle, late-1970s Yamaha YTR-737 Bb trumpet, Selman 17001 C trumpet
Third row L-R: Dynasty G350A G soprano bugle, pre-WWI Couesnon flugelhorn, mid-1970s DEG/Willson 1220 alto cornet in F, mid-1970s Dynasty III G alto bugle, Mendini MPT-N pocket trumpet
Bottom row L-R: 1971 Holton H178 double horn, Jackalope Brassworks/Hampson Horns corno da tirarsi


Top row L-R: 1969 Conn 16E mellophonium, Yamaha YMP-201M marching mellophone, Yamaha YMP-201 circular mellophone (F/Eb)
Bottom row L-R: 1930 Conn 8E ballad horn (C/Bb), 1918 Conn 6E mellophone (Eb), 1925 Buescher 25 mellophone (F/Eb/D/C)

Not pictured: King K-50 G mellophone bugle (I knew I'd forget one...), Nirschl mellophone (in the shop), Bach CR310 cornet (not in playable or even presentable condition), late-1970s Getzen 383 frumpet (lives in my parents' house on the other side of the country).

My horns:
- King 3B - 1979 - old and worn but my main goto horn
- Conn 6H - 1967 - I should play more on this - really nice to play, especially on technical stuff
- Yamaha 697Z - nice to play but not so interesting, going to sell this one
- Conn 77H Conquest - bought for 100USD, lots of dents and really worn so I don't play it - maybe I will fix it some day
- Conn 88H Artist Symphony - 1990 - if I should need a large bore or a F-valve
- pBone

Horns that I have sold:
- King 3B - 1977 - bought it mint condition but I liked my old one better so sold this one
- King 2B Silversonic - 1967 - Never got used to this so I sold it. But the buyer was really happy with it
- Bach 36 B/F - bought 1981 and sold around 1995

Next:
I really like the sound of the Kings but I am also considering Michael Davis +. I playtested King 3B and Michael Davis + against each other in a shop and I liked the MD+ far better than the 3B, easier to play and better manufactured. But when I listen to my recordings that i made that day I find that i like the sound of the 3B better.

So candidates for next horn are: King 2B, MD+, Courtois Xtreme 402

I play mainly kind of horn-section stuff with a latin band and a reggae-band.

Do I have to take pictures of all this now??

The current stable is...

Bach 50 modular with:
'80s 50 bell
Corp 50 bell
Corp 50 screwbell
Hoelle reversed seamed copper tuning slide
Olsen axials
Shires B62/78
Edwards DBB
Edwards DBN

Yamaha 613

Elkhart Conn 62H, Kanstul 1662 bell

Conn 6H

Bach LT16M

King 3B/F

King 608F

Bach LT42TG

Holton TR-258

Laetzsch SL-600 contrabass (F/D/BBb/AAb)

Valved horns:

Lidl Bb bass trumpet

Yamaha YEP-842S

Yamaha YBH-301MS

In progress:

another modular 50 with Kanstul CR valves

Bach large bore modular project with:
Corp 36 bell
Corp 42 bell
42G* bell
straight neckpipe
K valve
Hagmann valve
reverse tuning slides
Shires TB47
Edwards TBCN
Corp 42 slide
Corp 36 slide, widened

I am glad that there are people with bigger issues than myself

Current stable (may have posted here before):
Kanstul alto
Voigt alto
Weril alto
3x Conn 6h
Modern Conn 88ht
Elkhart Conn 88h
Conn 112h bell with 62h slide
Greenhoe Conn-style dependent TIS bass
Kruspe, Heckel and Piering replica German tenors
Besson intermediate euphonium
Schmid 4 valve bass trumpet

Some more that are soon being sold to reduce the stable a bit.

I try to be practicing more or less consistently on alto, small and large tenor, bass and valve instruments as I also get to play this variety in different occasions.
Between small/large tenor and bass it makes it easier for me to play instruments of more or less similar style and I love Conn(-style) instruments.
The German trombones are not really in use at the moment.

And my excuse for having two more or less similar sets of trombones is having two different practice locations.

Burgerbob wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 7:47 am Do I have to take pictures of all this now??

Search your feelings, you know it to be true.

I do need to get some actual pictures of my horns one of these days, when I can figure out how to take decent pictures.

Current Fleet:

Alto:
-Bach LT39, formerly owned and picked out at the Bach factory by Byron Peebles

Tenors:
-King 2103 / 3B, purchased new around the end of 1995. Only Straight Horn I've owned aside from my student model.
-Bach LT36B - recent acquisition but definitely a keeper. It's what I always wished my Yamaha YSL-640 was.
-Bach 42BOF - another recent acquisition and probably a keeper. It's what I always wished my Bach 42T was.
-Kanstul 1570CR - The Bach 42 "Lite", as I usually call it. Definitely a nice horn and a bit more nimble than a real 42.
-Kanstul 1588CR- A Conn 88H "style" Kanstul, with a narrower Conn style slide and made mostly from rose brass. Never really had a chance to compare it to an actual Conn 88H, so I have no idea how well it holds up, but it definitely plays quite differently than then the 1570.

Euphonium:
- Sterling Perantucci 1065GHS Euphonium. It does play well though it was definitely a high school used horn and possibly used in marching. An overhaul to have it put right might be a good idea. I don't play Euph enough to justify that though. Will definitely need new plastic valve guides soon though.

Basses:
-Yamaha YBL-612 RII. Commercial sounding dependent bass with a 10" bell that can destroy planets? Also works good for some orchestral rep.
-Yamaha YBL-830 Xeno. It just sounds... GOOD. I don't have to fight it at all to get a nice warm orchestral sound, and it definitely responds well to mouthpiece choices.

Project Horn:
- Bach 42T. The horn I got in college replacing a Bach 42CO. Had a factory warped slide, and the Thayer Valve was not set up correctly to remove end play, etc etc etc. It does play well, and after all the time and money I have sunk into it I don't want to let it go. But right now I'm on the fence about whether to have the Thayer replaced with an Infinity Valve and proper gooseneck and offset tubing, or to have some type of rotary put on. I also have thought of just selling it.

Gone but not forgotten:
- Bach 42CO. Purchased in high school so I could "fit in" with the other players in All-state and Region band. Also definitely helped out with playing in all state orchestra. I got it because I thought "why wouldn't I want to be able to play a straight horn sometimes", but rarely did. Probably should have kept it instead of trading it in for a bach 42T. Oh well.
-Benge 190F. Definitely a good horn, but just wasn't for me. It was also kinda beat up, and I have always had trouble dealing with that.
-Yamaha YSL-640. A VERY nice horn. Even response. Sounds good, but the bell on it is really to big for a .525 bore. The tuning slide is literally more open than a Bach 42 tuning slide. A 8" bell with a smaller tuning slide would really make it better if they want a true "medium bore" horn.
-Yamaha YBL-613H S. Silver, and a great player. But keeping it clean was a pain, and it did have some minor issues that would need to be resolved.

The horns that are out (minus the soprano cornet in the corner) are what I'd call my trombone stable. A Bach 50T3 (bell is stamped 50B but it has thayers now so I think this is the designation), a Bach 42BO, and a Shires Q33. Other trombones I have are an Elkhart 100TBA alto and a Yamaha 322 that was modded to add a dependent D valve. The soprano cornet is a Boosey and Hawkes Solbron, but I don't play it. The cases in the first instrument have instruments I'm selling or intend to sell soon. Yamaha Xeno trumpet, Getzen 747, Jean Paul straight trombone, and a 4 valve Getzen Eterna Flugelhorn.
The cases on the right in the picture without the trombones out are my woodwind stable. An R.S. Berkeley soprano sax, Yamaha 62 alto sax, Yamaha 62 tenor sax, and a Trevor James Cantabile flute. Not pictured instruments that I'm not selling include a Buescher True Tone alto sax, Yamaha 34 clarinet, Schiller alto horn and baritone horn, a Yamaha 231 cornet, a King Bb horn, and a (probably) JinBao double horn.

This will have to be good enough for now... Getting pictures of all of them will take an hour!

The cases in the middle (in the corner of the room) are doubles, 3 in a row. There's a lot of horns here, plus the extra valve sections in the top right and a couple valve horns not pictured. Yikes.

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I have since sold the CR-E valves

Well okay...

Alto:
Thomann Alto - SL-35
Old German Alto (not in playing condition)

Tenor:
Conn 24H Elkhart
King 2B Liberty
King 2103 3B silver plated
Lätzsch SL-127 'Jazz'
Bach LT36 BOG
Conn 88H Elkhart

Bass:
Edwards B-454
King "Duo Gravis"

Other:
York Valve-Trombone
Yamaha YEP-321 Euphonium
pBone

No picture of them altogether, because they're also stored at different places.

I just updated my horn pics and thought I would post.

All my horns have pics and description in my profile. Please click the profile. Unfortunately, the links in the profile are truncating when I paste them in the post.

I redid the link for this pic of my horns on the trombone stand I made.


Again, click the profile.........

Got two new horns this week so it’s time for a stable pic!

L-to-R:

Bach LT16M, modern era (from Mighty Quinn this week!)

Olds Super, ~1939, interesting slide job done by John Upchurch, the inner slide hand brace was replaced with one from what I think is a Bach in order to fix some gnarly alignment. The horn came with a hand written note from John explaining all the work he did

pBone - nothing exciting here

Pan-American valve trombone ~1922 - love this thing but it’s very small bore, practically a trumpet. 7” bell bore is probably around .46x? Has a nice soft tone that I enjoy playing

Thomann SL-5 slide trumpet [new today!] was a b-stock for $103, bought it on a whim and purely for the comedy value. Slide is a bit noisy but works perfectly well when lubed. I was pretty impressed with shipping from Thomann, left Germany on monday, arrived at my door in the US today (wednesday!)

Just 4 instruments to date, taken at different times. They are the same as in my signature.

Vegastokc wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2020 12:54 pm To all:
Thanks for sharing your beautiful and unique collections. Very cool stuff.
Now when my wife gives me crap for buying another horn, I can show her that I am very, very small potatoes; not anywhere close to this level.

Exactly. I'm going trombone shopping next weekend, and showing my wife this thread will be the PERFECT way to soften the blow when I bring home new brass.

My humble collection. It serves me well for my needs.
Holton ST304 Maynard Ferguson trumpet
Cleveland King Superior tenor trombone
Olds Euphonium
Conn 20J tuba
Carl Fischer French horn

My whole collection of trombones. I think you just need a good large and small tenor, and an alto or bass if you need one. The bass I use isn't mine so it's not pictured. Maybe someday...

I sold my 88H last year in Japan.

1938 FE Olds Super

2024 bump, eh?

I'm too lazy to take 30 brass instruments out of their cases and pose them for group photos, but I've already taken pictures of all of them individually so here's a very low-effort collage of the current stable instead.



Row 1 L-R: 1973 King 3B, 1972 King 3BF, 1990s King 607, 1961 King 1480, unmarked German trombone, 2023 Y-Fort YSL-763L, 1963 Conn 72H with Yamaha rotors, 1939 B&H Artist's Perfected G bass (small bore)

Row 2 L-R: Schiller compensating euphonium, Jinbao JBBR-1240 British baritone, Blessing M-300 Artist marching baritone, 1984 King 1130 flugabone, Lidl rotary bass trumpet

Row 3 L-R: 1969 Conn 16E mellophonium, Holton M602 mellophonium, King 1120 marching mellophone, late-1970s Getzen 383 frumpet, late-1970s Yamaha YTR-737 Bb trumpet

Row 4 L-R: King Eroica double horn, Holton MH-101 Bb marching horn, Holton LT-101 Bb trumpet, Selman 17001 C trumpet, Mendini MPT-N pocket trumpet

Row 5 L-R: Hampson Horns/Jackalope Brassworks corno da tirarsi (slide horn) in Bb/A/Ab/G, early-1990s Kanstul low alto bugle in G (one of only 6 in the world!), Elkhart (Couesnon) F/Eb alto flugelhorn, pre-WWI Couesnon flugelhorn

Row 6 L-R: 1918 Conn 6E mellophone (Eb), 1925 Buescher 25 mellophone (F/Eb/D/C)

The Buescher mellophone already has a buyer, while the Conn 6E and Holton LT-101 have been for sale for months now. Everything else is here to stay, at least for the time being. Believe it or not, I get paid to play most of these, and the ones I don't are worth very little and still get use in my multitracks.

On the to-do list: tuba, contrabass trombone, alto trombone, alto horn, better C trumpet, Wagner tuba, large-bore British cornet, small-throat double horn, and a bunch of mods and custom jobs. The fun never ends!

Finetales wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:22 pm 2024 bump, eh?

I'm too lazy to take 30 brass instruments out of their cases and pose them for group photos, but I've already taken pictures of all of them individually so here's a very low-effort collage of the current stable

I'm impressed! Most impressed that you can play all these instruments so well. I can not list all my instruments. I only list the ones I have on my stands at the moment.

- Lars Gerdt mod 216 Bb/G .500 bore tenor trombone
- Yamaha Bb trumpet YTR 8310Z
- Yamaha Bb Cornet YCR 5335H
- Yamaha Flugelhorn YFH 8315G
- Conn 8D French horn

/Tom

Here's the most recent addition to my stable: