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Hello.

I'm curious to know what people think of different counterweights.  What are your favorite, asthetically?

Here are a few of mine.

Yamaha "Batwing" counterweight:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/instrumentalsavings/v/vspfiles/photos/YSL-897Z-11.jpg

Rath Tuning Slide Assembly:
https://www.thomann.de/pics/bdb/274732/5147172_800.jpg

The old H.N. White King weights:
http://www.joybrass.co.jp/TRB/TrbTnUsed/HNWhite2BSSu/IMG_7503.JPG

What are yours?

My Martin Imperial has a solid bar as the tuning slide brace.  No need of a counterweight.

I don't have a picture, but I love the "batwing" weight on my Olds TIS.  It's huge and heavy.  I'll try to put in a picture.

You said sexy, so I had to look! . I have the newer King weight, but I like the old one better. But I won't spend the dough for another weight.

If I didn't have brace on my King 3b tuning slide, I would consider the Rath weight. Nice, open look!

Yamaha 645 torpedo. I bought one basically for the counterweight ... 

Quote from: Matt K on Apr 07, 2017, 06:22PMYamaha 645 torpedo. I bought one basically for the counterweight ... 
Oh yeah, I love the torpedo weight.  Except when it gets loose and starts spinning.  The horn's not bad, either.

The old Reynolds "R" is pretty cool, but my favorite has to the the Olds trombone-playing bear.

Ive got an Olds Recording from early 1960s with no counterweight. Is it possible to add a counterweight to that?  Love the bear 'weight. Roughly how much would one of those cost?

The King HN white weights are my favorite, but some of the stuff DJ has made has been pretty awesome as well

Quote from: Geordie on Apr 08, 2017, 12:15AMIve got an Olds Recording from early 1960s with no counterweight. Is it possible to add a counterweight to that?  Love the bear 'weight. Roughly how much would one of those cost?Pricey. Horns with that counterweight are pretty rare.

I love my baby.

Quote from: Dombat on Apr 08, 2017, 03:18PM
I love my baby.
Wow...can you upload some better pictures of this horn?  I'm very intrigued, but the aspect ratio is squashed.

Silver plated three piece King style from Brasslab. Looks like a 1950's King weight. Put it on my 80's 3B, looks so much better than the black one.

Jerry Walker

Always loved the look of that old King counterweight. MAN, it looks slick!

I did this  for my daughter's besson

I like the Edwards harmonic brace.

http://www.brassark.com/thebrassarktrombone/brassarktrombone_4.jpg

Functionally I love the King three-piece weights.

Aesthetically I like the off-center Olds weights, the Rath weights, and those sweet curly Minick braces.

And personally I'd like to have just a single solid sphere of metal where the TS brace would connect to the small diameter end of the TS.

Quote from: 58mark on Apr 17, 2017, 08:53PMI did this  for my daughter's besson




58mark, looks fantastic ! What's it made of? Heck, that whole end of the horn looks an awful lot like an Ambassador to my eyes.

It's a besson stratford that I stripped, used wipe on silver for the bell, and them put satin lacquer on

Another write-in - check out the hourglass-shaped counterweight that Edwards has designed for the new straight (no f attachment) version of the Alessi model. I do also like the old King counterweights, and the various modern ones that are based on them, like Shires and Brasslab models.

Jim Scott

I'm into the simple stuff. I love the custom three piece weights like the ones from Brass Lab. Here is my old 42 with a custom 9 oz. weight:

https://goo.gl/photos/s8FMBrXqfr8iFYzg7

I also really dig the "built in" weights on the new Lawler horns.

Quote from: Malec Heermans on Apr 26, 2017, 12:39PMI'm into the simple stuff. I love the custom three piece weights like the ones from Brass Lab. Here is my old 42 with a custom 9 oz. weight:



I also really dig the "built in" weights on the new Lawler horns.
No picture...looking forward to seeing it.

Man the image functionality here is not so straightforward, but there's the link.

Here's the picture:

Clean.

Quote from: JohnL on Apr 07, 2017, 11:42PMThe old Reynolds "R" is pretty cool, but my favorite has to the the Olds trombone-playing bear.



PLEASE post more photos of this horn. SUPER COOL!!!

Quote from: Geordie on Apr 08, 2017, 12:15AMIve got an Olds Recording from early 1960s with no counterweight. Is it possible to add a counterweight to that?  Love the bear 'weight. Roughly how much would one of those cost?
The Olds Bear is integrated into the bracing on those (very old) horns and not very heavy, either. Some versions have the bear back where the counterweight might be, others have it more forward by the player's ear.

Olds long ago made single screw aftermarket counterweights for Recordings, they are slick but hard to find. Here's mine, way back on the tuning slide:



So you can keep an eye out for one of those if you want the authentic Olds Recording counterweight experience, or use similar offerings from modern makers (if they fit the post).

 

Someone else's pic shows the engraving:



 

Quote from: Big Daddy K on Apr 27, 2017, 10:02AMPLEASE post more photos of this horn. SUPER COOL!!!http://itsabear.com/horns/BearSuper/bearsuper.html

Quote from: JohnL on Apr 27, 2017, 11:39AMhttp://itsabear.com/horns/BearSuper/bearsuper.html

Thanks so much for that!

Quote from: Dombat on Apr 09, 2017, 01:29AM


GReenhoe valve section.....nice.....

Quote from: Duffle on Apr 30, 2017, 02:15AMGReenhoe valve section.....nice.....
Bach 42 bell and tuning slide, greenhoe valve and Gopp straight gooseneck and counterweight, bach inner slides with Gopp outer. She looks after me.

I've never seen one in person, but I always liked the counterweights on the Boosey & Hawkes 523.

Quote from: Euphanasia on May 19, 2017, 08:26AMI've never seen one in person, but I always liked the counterweights on the Boosey & Hawkes 523.


Wow, very cool indeed.

[thnx  zzzzzzzzzzzzac  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Quote from: Exzaclee on Apr 08, 2017, 08:21AMThe King HN white weights are my favorite, but some of the stuff DJ has made has been pretty awesome as well

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[thnx  zzzzzzzzzzzzac  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Quote from: Exzaclee on Apr 08, 2017, 08:21AMThe King HN white weights are my favorite, but some of the stuff DJ has made has been pretty awesome as well

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