[Trombone-l] ...Nothing Major

[Elliott Moxley]

I have to echo Daryl's sentiments on the 606.   I played a 1972 3B (with
trigger) all through college on my dance band gigs, or at least tried to- 
For some reason I had a lot of slide alignment issues with that horn, which
was odd because at that time King was known for their slides.   For awhile,
I felt like I was auditioning repairmen.   

I was offered what must have been one of the earliest 606s, maybe in 1975,
at dealer cost, from a store that I had worked for in high school.   Great
playing little horn, I used it for all my dance work and for lead or second
in jazz band in college.   I got lost of complements on my sound and no one
really noticed that I wasn't using a "pro" horn.  Our oldest son learned to
play on it, and my wife wound up selling it to one of her students, who was
transitioning  from euphonium to trombone.

The only thing I could criticize about the 606, and it may not have been
all of them, was the slide plating.  After twenty five years of on and off
use, the plating was coming off the stockings.  My late '60s King 1480
still has good plating.  I just bought an H. N. White American Standard,
much older, with the same plating issues.  So maybe the student slides were
not plated as carefully, or there was a prep and cleaning issue before
plating?   

The 3B got fixed, eventually, by having the slide taken apart and
reassembled, and sold down the river... IMHO, a .508 is a little light to
be carrying a trigger.



> From: Daryl Burch <daryl at burchinteractive.com>


>
> The 606, as I've experienced, is a really good top-end student  
> model.  I've run across a few, and when I've been aloud to test them  
> out, the seem to be pretty good blowin' horns.
>
> The Silvertone on Craigs List would make a great lamp or planter....
>
> #;-)
>
> -D-