New Contra!
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2024 2:24 pm
This past February, I found a listing on Kleinanzeigen for an extremely old Contrabass trombone in the key of F. After some time, And some logistics, it’s here in the states!
Here’s a few photos of the horn:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... O53piyVFPt
In the contrabass trombone world, this is kind of like an early Mt. Vernon Bass. The horn sports a 10 inch gold brass bell, which unfortunately got crushed while shipping. The two valves pitch the instrument down to Eb / Bb, and combining the two gives a low A. Overall a super cool horn that won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. If you have any questions about the horn or any history behind it, I can do my best to fill you in on what I know.
Many, MANY thanks to SwissTBone for helping to land this horn in my hands, all the way from Germany!
That’s all!
Here’s a few photos of the horn:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... O53piyVFPt
In the contrabass trombone world, this is kind of like an early Mt. Vernon Bass. The horn sports a 10 inch gold brass bell, which unfortunately got crushed while shipping. The two valves pitch the instrument down to Eb / Bb, and combining the two gives a low A. Overall a super cool horn that won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. If you have any questions about the horn or any history behind it, I can do my best to fill you in on what I know.
Many, MANY thanks to SwissTBone for helping to land this horn in my hands, all the way from Germany!
That’s all!