Alto Trombone Equipment: Instruments

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Instruments

Sackbuts

Instruments

  • AmatiASL-601
    Key: Eb
    Bore: .454
    Bell: 165 mm
    Bell material:
    Lacquer/Plating options:
    Slide material:
    Slide weight:
    Other Features:
    Contact: 

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  • Key: Eb
    Bore:12.3 mm
    Bell: 180 mm
    Bell material: gold brass, silver plated, brass plated
    Other Features: attachment or a straight horn. Handmade
    Contact:
    Musikinstrumente Ursula Amrein
    Im Gleissdreieck 31
    D-23566 Lübeck
    Tlf. +49 451 622972
    Fax:+49 451 635 73

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  • Amrein, Musikinstrumente Ursula AAT 8201
    Key: Eb
    Bore:
    Bell: 1
    Bell material:
    Other Features:
    Contact:

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  • Conn 36 H
    Key: Eb
    Bore: .491"/.500" (12.47mm/12.70mm) dual bore
    Bell: 7" (178mm)
    Bell material: yellow brass
    Lacquer/Plating options: Slide material: Brass outer slide, chrome-plated nickel silver inner slides
    Slide weight:
    Other Features: Bb rotor attachment, deluxe wood shell case. This model is also made without the Bb attachment.
    Contact:
    C. G. Conn
    P. O. Box 727
    Elkhart, IN 46515
    U. S.A.
    Tel: 219-295-0079
    Fax: 219-295-8613

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  • Antoine Courtois 131 R

    Antoine Courtois 131 R
    photo used with the permission of the company

    Key:     Eb
    Bore: 11.80mm / 12.50mm duel bore
    Bell: 185mm
    Bell material: gold brass
    Lacquer/Plating options: clear lacquer or silver plated
    Slide material: brass outer/ nickel silver outside slide
    Slide weight:
    Other Features: Deluxe case
    Contact:
    Antoine Courtois
    Z.I. de la Boitardiere
    B.P. 341 - 61, rue du Colombier
    37403 AMBOISE Cedix
    Tel: (33) 47 57 68 68
    Fax: (33) 47 57 69 08

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  • DEG - Classic 800 series - 817 & 817S - No longer manufactured
    DEG - Classic 800 series - 817 & 817S - No longer manufactured
    photo used with the permission of the company

    Key:     Eb
    Bore: 11.9mm (.468")
    Bell:
    Bell material:
    Lacquer/Plating options: lacquer or silver plate
    Slide material:
    Slide weight:
    Other Features:
    The last mention of this that I have is a 1985 DEG price list. It is no longer available.
  • DEG - Signature 2000 custom series - 2020 & 2020S - No longer manufactured
    Key: Eb
    Bore: 12.7mm (.500")
    Bell:
    Bell material:
    Lacquer/Plating options: lacquer or silver plate
    Slide material:
    Slide weight:
    Other Features:
    The last mention of this that I have is a 1985 DEG price list. It is no longer available.
    Contact:
    DEG music products Inc.
    Box 408
    Lake geneva, WI 53147
    Tel: 414-248-8314

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  • Edwards #283
    Key: Eb
    Bore:
    Bell: 7"
    Bell material:Choice of yellow brass (70%copper -30% Zinc); rose brass (85% Copper, 155 Zinc); red brass (90% Copper, 10% Zinc). Bell gauges run from 20-23.
    Lacquer/Plating options: epoxy lacquer
    Slide material:
    Slide weight::
    Other Features:
    Contact:
    Edwards Band Instrument Co.
    P.O. Box 40
    530 South Hwy. H
    Elkhorn, WI 53121
    Tel: 800-562-6838 in the U.S.A.
    Tel: 414-723-4221
    Fax: 414-723-4245

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  • Glassl 08904 / 08901 / 08900 / 08903
    Key: Eb
    Bore: 11.7mm + 12.2mm (0.46" + 0.48)
    Bell: 18cm (7 1/8")
    Bell material: yellow brass, rose brass or sterling silver Lacquer/Plating options: yellow brass / rose brass / sterling silver
    Slide material: yellow brass / rose brass / sterling silver
    Slide weight:
    Other Features: A Bb attachment is offered.
    Contact:
    Heribert + Jurgen Glassl
    Blasinstrumentenbau
    Adam-Opel-Str. 12
    64569 Nauheim
    Germany
    Tel: 06152 / 610 11 + 13

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  • Haag
    Key: Eb
    Bore: 11.9mm12.4mm
    Bell: 180cm (7 1/8")
    Bell material: gold brass Lacquer/Plating options: gold lacquer / silver plating
    Slide material: gold brass. Inner slide is chrome plated nickel silver
    Slide weight:
    Other Features: A Bb attachment is offered.
    Contact:
    Musik Haag AG
    CH 8280 Kreuzlingen
    Kirchstrasse 15
    Switzerland
    Tel: 41 71 672 27 15
    Fax: 41 71 672 27 38

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  • Hamlin
    Key:
    Bore:
    Bell:
    Bell material: Clear Lacquer Finish
    Slide material:
    Slide weight:
    Other Features:
    Contact: Hamlin

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  • John Packer Ltd. JP Alto Trombone 136
    Key: Eb
    Bore:
    Bell:
    Slide material:
    Slide weight:
    Other Features:

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  • Kühnl & Hoyer 141 01NZ
    Key: Eb
    Bore: 12.2 (0.48")
    Bell:180 mm (7.09")
    Bell material:Brass
    Lacquer/Plating options:
    Slide material:nickel silver slide
    Slide weight:
    Other Features: Includes a 7c mouthpiece
    Contact: Kühnl & Hoyer GmbH
    Neue Straß 27
    D-91459 Markl Erlbach
    Tel: 0 91 06/513
    FAX: 0 91 06/62 18

    Available in the USA from:
    George Foster
    Kühnl & Hoyer USA
    619 Downing Rd
    Libertyville, IL 60048
    Tel: 847 367 7961
    Fax: 847 367 7240
    e-mail: hbrass@sbcglobal.net

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  • Kühnl & Hoyer Model: 175 21NZ Eb Slokar Alto Trombone
    Key: Eb
    Bore: 12.2/12.4 mm(0.48"/0.488")
    Bell: 180 mm(7.09")
    B>Bell material: Gold Brass
    Slide material: hard chrome-plated nickel- silver inner slides
    Slide weight:
    Other Features: Includes the Branimir Slokar BSK mouthpiece
    Contact: Kühnl & Hoyer GmbH
    Neue Straß 27
    D-91459 Markl Erlbach
    Tel: 0 91 06/513
    FAX: 0 91 06/62 18

    Available in the USA from:
    George Foster
    Kühnl & Hoyer USA
    619 Downing Rd
    Libertyville, IL 60048
    Tel: 847 367 7961
    Fax: 847 367 7240
    e-mail: hbrass@sbcglobal.net

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  • Kühnl & Hoyer Model: 176 21NZ Eb/Bb Slokar Alto Trombone
    Key: Eb/Bb
    Bore: 12.2/12.4 mm(0.48"/0.488")
    Bell: 180 mm(7.09")
    Bell Material: Gold Brass
    Lacquer/Plating options:
    Slide material: hard chrome-plated nickel-silver inner slides  
    Slide weight:
    Other Features: Includes the Branimir Slokar BSK mouthpiece
    Contact: Kühnl & Hoyer GmbH
    Neue Straß 27
    D-91459 Markl Erlbach
    Tel: 0 91 06/513
    FAX: 0 91 06/62 18

    Available in the USA from:
    George Foster
    Kühnl & Hoyer USA
    619 Downing Rd
    Libertyville, IL 60048
    Tel: 847 367 7961
    Fax: 847 367 7240
    e-mail: hbrass@sbcglobal.net

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  • Lätzsch Model SL-710
    Key: Eb
    Bore:11,9/12,4mm (0.469/0.488")
    Bell:18cm (7.3")
    Bell material: Lacquer/Plating options:
    Slide material:
    Slide weight:
    Other Features:Model SL-720 open wrap valve in Bb at 13,0mm (0.512")
    Contact: Lätzsch
    Schmidtstraße 24
    D 28201 Bremen
    Tel: --49(0)421 71966
    Fax: --49(0)421 73036
    e-mail: HNienaber@aol.com

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  • Lätzsch Model SL-750 "Schneider"
    Key: Eb
    Bore:11,9/11,9mm (0.469/0.469")
    Bell:16cm (6.3")
    Bell material: Lacquer/Plating options:
    Slide material:
    Slide weight:
    Other Features:
    Contact: Lätzsch
    Schmidtstraße 24
    D 28201 Bremen
    Tel: --49(0)421 71966
    Fax: --49(0)421 73036
    e-mail: HNienaber@aol.com

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  • Lätzsch Model SL-730
    Key: F
    Bore:11,9/12,4mm (0.469/0.488")
    Bell:18cm (7.3")
    Bell material: Lacquer/Plating options:
    Slide material:
    Slide weight:
    Other Features:Model SL-740 open wrap valve in C at 13,0mm (0.512")
    Contact: Lätzsch
    Schmidtstraße 24
    D 28201 Bremen
    Tel: --49(0)421 71966
    Fax: --49(0)421 73036
    e-mail: HNienaber@aol.com

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  • Mirafone MI52
    Key: Eb
    Bore: .460 - .470
    Bell: 6.7"
    Bell material:
    Lacquer/Plating options:
    Slide material:
    Slide weight:
    Other Features:
    Contact: Mirafone e. G.
    Traureuter Stasse 8
    84478 Walddraiburg
    Germany

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  • Karl Mönnich
    Key: Eb
    Bore: 12.0mm - 12.00 mm
    Bell: 16 cm
    Bell material: gold brass bell, usually unlaquered, but also possible with gold laquer or clear laquer.
    Lacquer/Plating options:
    Slide material:The outer slide is made of brass, the inner slide is nickel plated.
    Slide weight:
    Other Features: The alto is a convertible model: you can play it with a Bb valve section or without.
    Klingenthaler Str.55
    D- 08265 Erlbach / Vogtland
    Germany
    phone 037422 / 6246

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  • Pfretzschner 7801
    Key: Eb
    Bore: This instrument comes in three sizes. All are duel bore.
    • Bore 1: 12,25mm - 12,75mm
    • Bore 2: 12,75mm - 13,25mm
    • Bore 3: 12,75mm - 13,75mm

    Bell: 6 1/2"
    Bell material:
    Lacquer/Plating options: silver plated or gold brass
    Slide material: Chrome plated nickel silver inner.
    Slide weight:
    Other Features: Bb attachment is available on the 7802 models. Available on all bore sizes.
    Contact: (in the USA) Gary Greenhoe
    4085 Lily Road
    Jackson, WI 53037
    tel: 414-677-0460
    fax: 414-677-0686
    e-mail: verdeo@aol.com

    Der Blechblaser - Inh. Th. R. Jahn
    Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 1
    D-13347 Berlin (Wedding)
    Tel.: 030/465 13 47
    Fax: 020/465 13 57

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  • S. E. Shires Custom Brass Instruments
    Key: Eb
    Bore: .485-.495 dual bore slide and a
    Bell: 7"
    Other Features: Tuning in the slide
    Contact: S. E. Shires Custom Brass Instruments
  • Spider / OEM / Blank 8009-L
    The only information I have on this is that it is made in China.
    Key:
    Bore:
    Bell:
    Bell material: g
    Lacquer/Plating options:
    Slide material:
    Slide weight:
    Other Features:
    Contact:
    Opus Musical Instruments Co., Ltd.

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  • Heinrich Thein
    Heinrich Thein
    photo used with the permission of the company

    Key:     Eb
    Bore: This instrument comes in four sizes. .
    • Weite 1: 11,90mm - 12,40mm
    • Weite 2, zyl.: 12,40mm - 12,40mm
    • Weite 2, konisch: 12,40mm - 12,90mm
    • Weite 3: 13,40mm - 13,90mm

    Wandstärke in mm: 0,40-0,45
    Schallbecher
  • Weite 1: 150-180
  • Weite 2: 180
  • Weite 3: 180
    Bell material:
  • Weite 1: brass
  • Weite 2: gold brass
  • Weite 3: gold brass
    Lacquer/Plating options: brass or gold brass
    Contact:Thein Brass
    Rembertiring 40
    28203 Bremen
    tel: ++49-(0)421-32 56 93
    fax: ++49-(0)421-33 98 210
    e-mail: contact@Thein-Brass.de

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  • Vincent Bach 39
    Key: Eb
    Bore: .468"
    Bell: 6 1/2"
    Bell material: yellow brass
    Lacquer/Plating options: silver plated, gold plated, clear lacquer
    Slide material: brass outer with a chrome plated nickel silver inner.
    Slide weight:
    Other Features:
    Contact:
    http://www.selmer.com/

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  • Jürgen Voigt

    Jürgen Voigt

    Key: Eb
    Bell material: Brass or gold with German silver trimmings. "At request bell pieces are available in brass, gold brass, with rims of different width, or as soloist bell piece (particular tin material)."
    Other Features:"Interchangeable Bb valve, Bb valve and alto crook, tapered or cylindrical slide."
    Contact:
    Jürgen Voigt
    Schulstraße 18
    08258 Markneukirchen.Vogtl.
    tel/fax: (037422) 2757

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  • E.M. Winston TB600L
    E.M. Winston TB600L
    Key: Eb
    Bore: .454"
    Bell: 6.7"
    Lacquer/Plating options:Gold Lacquer Finish
    Slide material: Chrome Slide
    Other Features: Nickel Silver Braces
    Contact: The E.M. Winston Co. LLC
    3323 Merritt Ave
    Bronz, NY 10475
    phone 800-456-1841
    fax: 718-231-4870

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  • Yamaha YSL 671
    Yamaha YSL 671
    photo used with the permission of the company

    Key:     Eb
    Bore: 11.95 - 12.45mm (.470 - .490) duel bore
    Bell: 7 1/8" (181.8mm)
    Bell material: yellow brass
    Lacquer/Plating options: gold lacquer
    Slide material: nickel silver
    Slide weight:
    Other Features: optional trill rotor. A one piece hard-hammered bell.
    Contact: Yamaha Corporation of America

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Sackbuts

  • A. Egger (Renaissance Sackbut)

    A. Egger (Renaissance Sackbut)
    photo used with the permission of the company

    Key:     Eb
    Bore: 10mm
    Bell: 94mm
    Bell material: brass
    Lacquer/Plating options: clear lacquer
    Slide material: brass inner slides, German silver, chrome plated
    Slide weight: 330g
    Other Features: Kruspe, modern water key included Options: Bell chased entirely by hand. Modeled after Hieronimus Starck, Nuremberg 1670. A tuning slide has been added at the bell bow. This instrument comes in three models: Standart, Slokar and MDC models.

    Modern side positions (4th position corresponding with the bell rim) are used in the Slokar model. Tuning bits are available for a'=415Hz, and a'=430 Hz.

  • A. Egger 9 MDC (Classical Sackbut)
    Key: Eb 440 or 430 Hz
    Options: Modeled after J. J. Schmied, Nuremberg 1785 housed in the Historical Museum of Basel. A tuning slide is provided in the bell bow. It comes in two models; standard and historic.
    Contact:
    A. Egger
    Metallblas - Instrumentenbau
    Turnerstrasse 32
    4058 Basel
    Switzerland
    Tel: 061 681 4233
    Fax. 061 681 7220

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  • Ewald Meinl
    Key: Eb, A 440 Options at 415 and 430
    Bore: 1
    Bell:
    Bell material:
    Lacquer/Plating options:
    Slide material: inner slide chrome plated, with water key
    Slide weight:
    Other Features: bell at 3rd slide positionupon request also available at 4th position. Optional with Sterling-Silver set (garland,stays,ferrule)

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  • Glassl 08912 / 08977 / 08910 / 08909 / 08908 Sackbuts
    Key: Eb
    Bore: 10.70mm 10.42mm + 10.70mm
    Bell: 10cm
    Bell material:
    Lacquer/Plating options: clear lacquer / yellow brass / sterling silver
    Slide material: yellow brass - sterling silver
    Slide weight:
    Other Features: These instruments are produced in different material; yellow brass + sterling silver in 3 different kinds, or plain yellow brass. Full ornamentation available.
    Contact:
    Heribert + Jurgen Glassl
    Blasinstrumentenbau
    Adam-Opel-Str. 12
    64569 Nauheim
    Germany
    Tel: 06152 / 610 11 + 13

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  • Geert jan van der Heide Renaissance model.
    Key: Eb or F
    Features:This information comes from their brochure. "After Hann Hainlein, Nuremberg (1652). Original in a private collection. Small, funnelshaped bell; this gives the instrument a round and well mixing sound. Pitched in Eb or F (a=465 or 440 Hz)."
    Contact:
    Geert jan van der Heide
    Withagersteeg 4
    3882 MH Putten
    Netherlands
    Tel: (0) 341-353538
    heidevd@wxs.nl

    Baroque model.
    Key: Eb or F
    Features:This information comes from their brochure. "After Hieronimus Starck, Nuremberg (1670). Original in the Germanisches National Museum in Nuremberg. Small, funnelshaped bell; this gives the instrument a round and well mixing sound. Pitched in Eb or F (a=465 or 440 Hz)."
    Contact:
    Geert jan van der Heide
    Withagersteeg 4
    3882 MH Putten
    Netherlands
    Tel: (0) 341-353538
    heidevd@wxs.nl

    Classical alto trombone.
    Key: Eb
    Features:This information comes from their brochure. "After Johan Georg Eschenback, (see before), nr. 1890. a=440 with tuningslide for a=430 Hz."
    Contact:
    Geert jan van der Heide
    Withagersteeg 4
    3882 MH Putten
    Nederland
    Tel: (0) 341-353538
    heidevd@wxs.nl

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  • Jürgen Voigt (sackbut)

    Jürgen Voigt (sackbut)
    photo used with the permission of the company

    Key:     Eb
    Bell material:hand-hammered bell piece
    Other Features:"Instruments made after the pattern of old masters and their skill as "historical" or "modified" types. All features like trimmings, ornaments, hammered or pressed bell piece, tubes with soldering joint, bell piece rim 4th position ("historical"), bell piece rim 3rd position ("modified") can be combined. at request trimmings and ornaments are either mad of silver or are silver-plated. All models are tunable form 440 Hz to 415 Hz by tube extension/slides."
    Contact:
    Jürgen Voigt
    Schulstraße 18
    08258 Markneukirchen.Vogtl.
    tel/fax: (037422) 2757

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