[Trombone-l] Conn-Selmer TB701 student trombone

[thetubameister@adelphia.net]

I tried one at Sam Ash Music.  Its quality was like an early Jupiter.  It played like you'd imagine a lightweight bundy might.

J.c.S.

---- George Butler <georgebutler2003 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> Has anyone tried the new Conn-Selmer student trombone, the TB701?  The 
> bore size is ".509.  It has a list price of $345, and is available as 
> low as $249.  
>    
>   I am trying to encourage my school to update its inventory.  Surely 
> they are better in quality than our Soviet-era Eb alto peckhorns and 
> euphoniums that I would like to quietly (or loudly) drop into the dumpster 
> late some night.  I have always played Conn trombones myself, and I 
> would love to see the company have a hit with this new one.  And, at this 
> price, I could almost buy four of them for every Yamaha YSL-354, which 
> I have always considered to be the benchmark in this range.
>    
>   How is the response?  How is the sound?  How is the slide?  What 
> mouthpiece does it come with?  How is the case? Sto molto curioso, as the 
> Italians say.
>    
>   If you have negative comments, feel free to contact me off-list.  (I 
> don't us to create more work for Steinway Music Group's legal team!)
>    
>   Thanks, y'all
>    
>   George Butler
> Lasnamae Muusikakool
> Tallinn, Estonia
>    
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