[TPIN] CONN 60B Specs?

[David Arndt]

Thanks, Jim.  

Yes - I've been straightened out on my "student model" assertion regarding
this horn by other contributors to this list as well.  My bad.

I'm about 2 days into practicing on this horn, and have to say that it's
"growing on me".  There's a big difference in resistance from the Bach ML 37
- more free blowing, and there's also an interesting contrast in the timbre
of the horn between 'easy-softer' playing to loud-open-blowing.  On the easy
side, the horn tends to have a nice warm sound, but is less focused than the
Bach (at least, that's the way I hear and feel it) - and when you open up,
it gets a bit 'rawkus'.  Good attributes for certain gigs.

Given that the horn has a .459 bore (same as the Bach ML, yes?)  The
difference in 'blow' and sound production would be chaulked up to... What?
Bell flare?  Food stuck in the lead pipe?  <bad joke>.

It's interesting that this horn sat in the case for more than a year, after
picking it up at a garage sale, and that I didn't bother to really "give it
a go" until I was forced to - after shipping my other horn out to CA for a
valve alignment.  Lesson to be learned there, maybe.

Thanks for the tips.

 - da


-----Original Message-----
From: tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu [mailto:tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu] On
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Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 1:24 AM
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Subject: Re: [TPIN] CONN 60B Specs?


> The horn is ok - it's clearly a student model...
> 
Uh, not so fast. The 60B was Conn's lightweight pro model from 1965 to 1972
or so. It had a 0.459 ML bore. It co-existed at the top of the line with the
much heavier Connstellation 38B during this period. It was reasonably
popular during its day. Remember, Conn was in chaos during those years,
closing out Elkhard, moving to Texas and contracting out to Japan,
discontinuing models, etc. 

http://www.xs4all.nl/~cderksen/Conn60B1970image.html

     Jim Donaldson
     Trumpet Gearhead

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