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Can't remember what brand of horn I was issued back in '78.
Can anyone identify this horn I'm carrying? I want to say it was a King but can't remember after all these years.

4B or 5B

Burgerbob wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 4:00 pm4B or 5B

So yes, King.

Burgerbob wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 4:00 pm4B or 5B

AtomicClock, do you remember if it was small shank or large shank mouthpiece?

Don't ask me. I wasn't there!

Kingfan wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 4:46 pm

Burgerbob wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 4:00 pm4B or 5B

AtomicClock, do you remember if it was small shank or large shank mouthpiece?

It's too big to be a 3B/F, and the forward loop on the F attachment on 3B/F didn't come about until the '80s.

Kingfan wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 4:46 pm

Burgerbob wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 4:00 pm4B or 5B

AtomicClock, do you remember if it was small shank or large shank mouthpiece?

Small.

The wrap says King. Curved bell brace says 3B. If the bell brace is straight, it's a 607 Tempo.

Again, not a 3B/F.

Small shank, no index finger loop by the mouthpiece... Thinking 605F Cleveland model. Check out the attached catalog from 1973.

Kingfan wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 7:01 pm Small shank, no index finger loop by the mouthpiece... Thinking 605F Cleveland model. Check out the attached catalog from 1973.

King trombone catalog 7-15-73.pdf

It had a finger loop, but after I cut my hand on it and bled during a 5 mile parade, the Instrument Repair Sgt cut it off.

The ring - not my hand.

I get about 218 pixels for the bell diameter, and guesstimate about 26 pixels for the mouthpiece inner diameter. If the mouthpiece is 1.0 inches (like a Doug Elliot 100), then that comes to an 8.4 inch bell. Ignoring image foreshortening.