Posted 10 years ago
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I have a trombone and I'm looking for information on it. It's older and is silver in color and I am not sure of its era. I have been able to figure out that it's a CG Conn. I cannot find the mouth piece anywhere online. Should the instrument be restored or just collected?
Nice, From the best dance hall era. The model is called "Artist Ballroom" and juding from the serial number which I believe must have 6 digits, 361 11?, it's from 1946.
The 24H has the tuning slide in the bell, and had light weight slides. It reportedly has a #2½ bore (0.484"). It was built between 1928 and 1951.
What Conn said in 1931:
The most popular trombone in the Conn line. As the name implies, this model combines the fine qualities of both the Artist model and the Ballroom model - two Conn trombones that have made trombone history. Built in medium bore, it has the same magnificent tone as the 4H Artist model. Added to this are the great many attractive features which have made the Ballroom model a great favorite. The bell is back near the player so it is easy to reach for muting and wow-wow. The slides have extra-long carriage which prevents sagging in lower position. Bell lock for locking bell and slides together, and the slide lock which prevents slides from dropping to the floor and becoming damaged are valuable refinements. Tuning slide in the bell; balancer standard feature. Unusual delicate balance and ease of handling feature this model. Key of Bb; bore .485; 6½", 7" or 8" bell.
If the slides move freely and are not leaky, just give it a buff and it could very well be used as is. If the slides don't move freely, you can have it serviced which may cost about 100-150 USD to get it in shape for playing. Maybe you need a new spit-valve. No major overhaul though because then you're getting pretty close to what it's worth. (~USD 200).
The mouthpiece is just a "generic". Conn original mouthpieces were not ornamented, just had a plain smooth bellshape.
About the serial number, I thought it looked like 361111, but I saw you wrote 261111 in the heading. If it indeed is 261111, same applies as above, but manufactured in 1928, which is the year that model was introduced.