[Trombone-l] Old Conns

[Dave and Pam Sherman]

It looks like the earlier 78H were .522 and the later ones .525.  Its 
confusing and I'm not and expert on Conn's but I am learning. 

Dave

Jeff Albert wrote:
> I've never heard of a 78H that was not .522, but I'm just a geek, not 
> an expert.
>
> Jeff
>
> On 10/1/06, *Elliott Moxley* < edm5970 at earthlink.net 
> <mailto:edm5970 at earthlink.net>> wrote:
>
>     I was told that my slide was a .522, and I have seen them in
>     catalogs and
>     model number lists that way.
>
>
>     > [Original Message]
>     > From: Dave and Pam Sherman <dsherman772 at cox.net
>     <mailto:dsherman772 at cox.net>>
>     > To: < trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
>     <mailto:trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>>
>     > Date: 10/1/2006 6:58:29 PM
>     > Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Old Conns
>     >
>     > The latest allied catalog lists the Artist Model 78H.  Inside
>     slide .526
>     > X .554.  It also lists the outer slide tube.  Was the 78H made
>     in two
>     > different bore sizes .525 and .522?
>     >
>     > Elliott Moxley wrote:
>     > > Are you sure about Allied? I had a old 78H slide come apart
>     from red
>     rot.
>     > > (I bought it WELL used, I might add). One of the better shops
>     in the NY
>     > > area could not get a lower slide tube. The repairman even
>     showed me the
>     > > Allied catalog.  Not listed-
>     > >
>     > > This was about four years ago, BTW.   Maybe things have
>     changed?  That
>     .522
>     > > is an odd size; most of the other horns in that general size
>     are .525.
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >> [Original Message]
>     > >> From: Dave and Pam Sherman < dsherman772 at cox.net
>     <mailto:dsherman772 at cox.net>>
>     > >> To: <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
>     <mailto:trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>>
>     > >> Date: 10/1/2006 1:00:51 PM
>     > >> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Old Conns
>     > >>
>     > >> Allied lists slide parts for the 78H.  You should be able to
>     get your
>     > >> slide repaired.
>     > >>
>     > >> Dave Sherman
>     > >>
>     > >> thetubameister at adelphia.net
>     <mailto:thetubameister at adelphia.net> wrote:
>     > >>
>     > >>> It's nearly impossible to land those slide tubes.  In fact,
>     the last
>     > >>>
>     > > time I had a wasted 78H slide, I just ordered the B-78 slide from
>     Blessing
>     > > and replaced the leadpipe.  Best you can do, and affordable.
>     > >
>     > >>> J.c.
>     > >>>
>     > >>> ---- Edwin Stoddard < estod at msn.com <mailto:estod at msn.com>>
>     wrote:
>     > >>>
>     > >>>
>     > >>>> Anybody got a decent (better yet, pristine, hardly ever
>     played ...)
>     > >>>>
>     > > Conn 78H
>     > >
>     > >>>> sitting around pining to be played?  My old ('54) hoss is
>     running out
>     > >>>>
>     > > of
>     > >
>     > >>>> original parts, and nobody seems to able to fix the
>     slides.  I missed
>     > >>>>
>     > > one on
>     > >
>     > >>>> Ebay, but then I am very leery of Ebay as a place to buy a
>     horn.  I
>     am
>     > >>>> making do with a 36B, but it's not the same.
>     > >>>>
>     > >>>> Ed Stoddard
>     > >>>> estod at msn.com <mailto:estod at msn.com>
>     > >>>>
>     > >>>>
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