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Do you know any (not boutique) "jazz" horn that has a slide wider than, let's say, the King 3B's?

I find wide slides more comfy to play, as I tilt the bone downwarts when ascending...

(With an Olds Super, the gooseneck end up on my ear... )

Besson BE 940 (the one with interchangable leadpipes)... it is not only equipped with a VERY wide slide but also one of the best Jazz horns. (the only one I have NEVER sold...and that says a lot...) The slide is lightweight brass (200 gr) and works as perfect as a Rath slide.
Another idea: bend you mouthpiece! That is what I do. That works very well, too.

Thanks, Herman !
Not made anymore, I suppose? Is Courtois or B&S making a similar bone nowadays?

OK, I saw this subject elsewhere :

https://trombonechat.com/viewtopic.php?t=18130

Why not try a mp bending? I swear there is no con..

I had a nickel "wide-glide" crook a very long time ago that I sold thinking I'd never put it on anything (because I had a Mt. Vernon Bach at the time, and I didn't want to torch it!). Kick myself for that every once in awhile! M/K drawing does have some bends that are on the wider side of small bores... they have the dimensions posted. I don't mind narrower slides so I wasn't specifically selecting for that, but I'm having a franken slide (almost finished!) with one that I can report on sometime probably early next month to see if it helped with ergonomics at all.

Do the Bach Strad 12 an 16 models have wider slides than a 3b? I've never actually played either, so I have no idea.

tbonesullivan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 8:39 am Do the Bach Strad 12 an 16 models have wider slides than a 3b? I've never actually played either, so I have no idea.

Nah, basically the same

https://trombonechat.com/viewtopic.php?p=136117#p136117

K&H BVL has a wide and very comfortable slide and is an excellent playing horn. It’s not a boutique horn either, but they’re not as common here in the US. It’s a German brand and is quite popular over there.

glenp wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 11:28 am K&H BVL

FWIW - the .500 and .512 models are wide (78.5mm on the chart in the other thread, thanks to your info!) but the .480/488 model is something more 'normal', probably 68-70mm-ish. I haven't played it, but I've seen one briefly in the flesh and it's definitely not as wide as the larger models.

The Horn Guys get BvL’s in from time to time. Thomann does too