Anyone ever play one of these?
There's one on eBay right now and I'm curious as to how they play.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/366325393768
Conn 16A Slide Cornet (soprano trombone-ish)
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Re: Conn 16A Slide Cornet (soprano trombone-ish)
I spent brief time on one. It didn't stick out to me as appreciably better or worse than most other soprano trombones I've tried. They call it a "slide cornet" because of the mouthpiece receiver and the bell mandrel, but they're all just soprano trombones.
The harder question is what soprano trombones are instruments you can actually play music on, rather than just fun curiosities. The handmade German soprano I used to own was in this category, as is the 1-of-2 Yamaha soprano a friend owns. I'd love to try a Thein, a Minick, or the very-briefly-sold Wessex PB455 .500" soprano with a valve.
I actually got try one of the two Minick E-flat sopranino trombones yesterday. It was hilarious and definitely hard to play due to the high pitch and extremely short slide positions, but it was a lot of fun and played very well for what it was. Even at that comical scale, you could still tell it was masterfully built.
The harder question is what soprano trombones are instruments you can actually play music on, rather than just fun curiosities. The handmade German soprano I used to own was in this category, as is the 1-of-2 Yamaha soprano a friend owns. I'd love to try a Thein, a Minick, or the very-briefly-sold Wessex PB455 .500" soprano with a valve.
I actually got try one of the two Minick E-flat sopranino trombones yesterday. It was hilarious and definitely hard to play due to the high pitch and extremely short slide positions, but it was a lot of fun and played very well for what it was. Even at that comical scale, you could still tell it was masterfully built.