As I mentioned in an earlier post, this Olds Recording is possibly the most beautiful horn I own. It may well be the most beautiful thing I own. This was my uncle David Buckley’s first horn. He bought it used in the late 60s at a music store in London. He has no idea how…
Author: Benjamin Barby
Conn 88h
The Conn 88h is the holy grail of vintage tenor trombones. They are a large bore symphony tenor. They are beautifully made, and play wonderfully. I got this horn from my uncle, Dave Buckley. He played it for years and I consider myself lucky to have it now. My uncle got it from Bob Merritt…
King 7b Review
Trent Hamilton did a nice review of the King 7b, the little brother of the King 8b I featured earlier. Enjoy!
Bach 12c
The Vincent Bach Corporation 12c mouthpiece is a small bore small cup, small rim tenor trombone mouthpiece. This was the first mouthpiece I used, some fourty-six odd years ago. I have no idea how I managed to hold on to it. The attention to detail and the over all aesthetic are lovely. Classic looks that…
1979 Yamaha YSL 648
While this isn’t the first horn I played (that was an Olds Super like this one), it is the first horn I owned. My folks got it for me when I started high school. The Yamaha 648 was a copy of the venerable Conn 88h and one of their early forays into professional level trombones…
Another Mouthpiece Monday!
I know everyone missed MpM last week, so we’re back again this week with another mystery meat! There is some script engraved just under the rim, but I can’t make it out. Maybe you can? Another mouthpiece that had to be removed from a horn by force. More than once, by the look of it. This…
Boosey Imperial G
This weeks’ installment is a vintage Boosey & Hawkes Imperial G trombone! The serial number on this horn puts it’s manufacture around 1960. This is one of my prized possessions. It was given to me by the bandmaster of a Salvation Army band I used to play in. The craftmanship on these old Booseys is…
G Trombone
I’m not really sure that this is a G Trombone mouth piece, but it fits my G the best, so, there you go. This well used mouthpiece could be almost a hundred years old… or even older. It has a very wide rim, but it is insanely narrow on the edge. Many of the mouthpieces…
Olds Super
This is the first horn I ever bought. Not the first I owned though, that’s another story. In the summer of ’82 I played in the Band of the Ceremonial Guard on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. On a day off I was wandering through Byward Market and saw this little sweetie hanging in a pawnshop…
EESI-LYPE
This weeks mouthpiece is a tuba mouthpiece from the Salvation Army. It’s labeled THE SALVATION ARMY “EESI-LYPE” Reg.No544760 On the other side it says MADE IN ENGLAND E. MON. I think this silver plated mouthpiece sat in my dad’s workshop for years. I have no idea why my dad would have an old tuba mouthpiece:…