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…
Category: Tenors
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…
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…
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…
Boosey & Hawkes Imperial
This horn is kind of a mystery to me. I’m not actually sure where I got it from, but it may have been a rescue from an old Salvation Army Citadel that was closing in eastern Ontario back in the 90s. The Boosey & Hawkes Imperial is a medium (I’d say small, but I’m biased…
Olds Recording
This may be the most beautiful horn I own. More later.