FS: Compact Marching Trombone. Blessing (Olds). Plays Great, but UGLY. $200
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 5:30 pm
This horn reminds me of Amy Winehouse. When you look at it, you can tell it's been through a lot, but it makes good music. 
Even better, it's still alive!!! 
This horn was made on the Olds tooling that was also used by Bach and Blessing. Some say that Blessing built all of them. It plays like an Olds compact trombone, and all the parts are interchangeable.
I've been through it, re-soldering braces, removing dents, eliminating all air leaks, and making sure that it plays as well as it possibly can. Fifteen hours of cleaning and polishing would probably make it worth around $150 more, and it would sound EXACTLY the same. All slides pull, valves are in good condition with excellent plating, and good compression. Soldering is sloppy but solid, and I'm tired of working on it, so out the door it goes.
Things you should know about:
1) The valve crooks had been straightened many times and were very thin. I coated them in a copper/silver/phosphorous silver solder which is as strong as the original brass. They aren't pretty, but they're the right bore and they'll handle a few drops without caving in or cracking.
2) The bell was rolled out and burnished. It sits flat on a table, with some rippling in the brass out toward the edges.
3) I installed Amado water keys. They're cheap, but they're still very cool-looking.
4) No case, but I'll include a Bach 12c.
These are great travel horns, and they have a sound that's better than many full-sized pro-level valve trombones.
Email me with any questions.
Pictures at: http://imgur.com/a/QNXAJ
Even better, it's still alive!!! This horn was made on the Olds tooling that was also used by Bach and Blessing. Some say that Blessing built all of them. It plays like an Olds compact trombone, and all the parts are interchangeable.
I've been through it, re-soldering braces, removing dents, eliminating all air leaks, and making sure that it plays as well as it possibly can. Fifteen hours of cleaning and polishing would probably make it worth around $150 more, and it would sound EXACTLY the same. All slides pull, valves are in good condition with excellent plating, and good compression. Soldering is sloppy but solid, and I'm tired of working on it, so out the door it goes.
Things you should know about:
1) The valve crooks had been straightened many times and were very thin. I coated them in a copper/silver/phosphorous silver solder which is as strong as the original brass. They aren't pretty, but they're the right bore and they'll handle a few drops without caving in or cracking.
2) The bell was rolled out and burnished. It sits flat on a table, with some rippling in the brass out toward the edges.
3) I installed Amado water keys. They're cheap, but they're still very cool-looking.
4) No case, but I'll include a Bach 12c.
These are great travel horns, and they have a sound that's better than many full-sized pro-level valve trombones.
Email me with any questions.
Pictures at: http://imgur.com/a/QNXAJ