[Trombone-l] Conn 73H bass trombone questions

Wed Jun 17 07:54:02 CDT 2009

I just did a conversion one of these a short while ago.  The tuning slide for the E attachment was extended to E (it curved around the extant tubing), the upper thumb paddle was removed and a new middle finger lever was fabricated.  I also pulled the leadpipe to make it interchangable.  None of these things alone are very expensive; the D slide can be made using current Conn/Selmer parts.  It's worth it - while smaller than it's big brother the 62H, these horns are not given enough credit for the fine instruments they are.  Their unusual wrap does allow an E pull, but it's not really helpful on the 73 (but a godsend on it's single valve cousin, the 71H.

J.c.S. (Former owner of a 71H)

---- philbne at aol.com wrote: 
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>  My first bass trombone was a great Elkhart 73H that Larry Minick built a D slide for the original E valve and converted the valves to a below the slide paddle for the D trigger. It was an excellent horn for a doubler or a great big band horn. Had lots of bite to the sound. Wish I'd never sold it. It would be well worth it to have the work done on the paddles and have a D slide made. Many of the parts made for Getzen 1062FD Dependent Bass Trombone D slides would work very well. I had Harry Siverly at The Horn Shop (Fresno CA.) make the same slide for me on a dependent Bach 50B. You plug in the new slide in the original location for the E slide. Since the F slide is on the opposite side of the bell you have plenty of room for the new D slide. Just be aware that it will extend behind the instrument. Make it long enough and wide enough you can have a D slide with pull to Db.
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> Phil Keen
> L.A.
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> Subject: [Trombone-l] Conn 73H bass trombone questions
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> I have recently acquired a very nice original condition Conn 73H bass trombone.  
> It is the Bb/F/E configuration with the original paddle arrangement.  The 
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> 1)  Can it be easily converted to the Bb/F/D configuration to be the same as my 
> Conn 62H?
> 2)  Have some had the paddle setup changed as the double paddle use requires a 
> lot of pressure.
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> Although it is a closed wrap instrument, the performance with the F paddle is OK 
> in my opinion.  Comments on this issue?
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> Regards, Grass Valley Frank
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