[Trombone-l] "Convertible" trombones

[Gabriel Langfur]

They're called 42C/36C, and with the open wrap 42CO/36CO

Gabe

----- Original Message ----
From: Jeff Albert <jeffalbert.smb at gmail.com>
To: Keith Marr <Mail at gothicway.fsnet.co.uk>
Cc: TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu
Sent: Monday, March 5, 2007 9:34:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] "Convertible" trombones

Bach made convertible 42s and 36s going back at least to the 80's.  It was a
system similar to the 89H.

Jeff

On 3/5/07, Keith Marr <Mail at gothicway.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I'm interested to know how many models there were that enabled the player
> to convert from straight tenor horn to one with trigger in the days before
> the inception of modular horns like Edwards, Rath and Shires.
>
> I have a Boosey & Hawkes Sovereign 547 from the 1970s which uses the old
> German idea of housing the trigger in an alternative tuning slide. Speaking
> of old German trombones I have an old Wolfram which converts in the same
> way.
>
> I know that there must be many old German examples of this idea going back
> to probably the late 1890s or even earlier, but what I'm interested in is
> American style trombones that had that facility.
>
> The only one I know about apart from my old 547 is the Conn 89H which had
> an F trigger in a replacement gooseneck I think.
>
> I'd be interested to know if there were any more and if so what system
> they used to facilitate the conversion.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Keith in Bb/F/D
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