[Trombone-l] (no subject)

[sabutin]

OK all of you m'pce freaks.

Who knows anything about this (astoundingly good) small shank m'pce?

It looks oldŠlike maybe somewhere between the old 
lightweight Conn Pryor/Innes style blanks and a 
NY Bach blank.

Marked:

M.B.SERY MODEL
       MADE BY
     CLARKE
        MPLS.

Pictures available here. 
<http://tromboneforum.org/index.php/topic,40576.0.html>

Now...M.B. Sery sounds like it may be a French name.

And "MPLS." isn't an English language 
abbreviation as far as I know. But "MADE BY" is 
certainly in English.

Fairly wide rim...wider than a 6 1/2AL. Also 
slightly larger diameter. It has a more V shaped 
cup and is a little shallower than a 6 1/2AL 
also, with a bigger throat and smaller backbore.

GREAT high range, but a fairly big-playing m'pce overall.

Anybody?

Thanks...

S.