Bach 36 Bell with Bach 8 Slide

[mlshermancpa]

My straight Bach 36 and Bach 8 trombones are approximately the same vintage. I just found out that the male slide connectors are the same size. Has anyone ever tried a smaller slide on a Bach 36 bell? If so how was your experience with that setup? Thanks.

[Burgerbob]

the smaller slides have the same connector, but they are much shorter. It can be... interesting but not necessarily useful.

[hornbuilder]

I swapped slides between my 36 and 39.

They both played well, if not practically.

[modelerdc]

Matt, I did this once with a Bach 12 and a 39, and both wind up in C, with the 12 slide, and 39 bell having 8 or 9 positions but a small sound and the 39 slide and 12 bell the bigger sound but only about 5 positions or so!