Reynolds Contempora Dual Trigger Bass Trombone NICE!
Used – Very Good
Price $2000 on sale this week
SERIAL NUMBER: 308148 1975
All original double rotor matched bell & slide with two mouthpieces. A Reynolds mouthpiece (probably original) and a Remington mouthpiece. Original case in good condition included.
Here's a very nice Reynolds Contempora Bass Trombone. This model is a terrific horn with a great big full sound. Plays a lot like an early Conn or Holton and is a terrific all-around bass for orchestra or jazz. Dependent triggers in F and E. The Reynolds Contempora Bass Trombone is known for its resonant, penetrating bass tone quality throughout its full range. The horn has some lacquer pitting and wear but still has an overall nice appearance. I have had the horn for 30 years with very light use. A few hours at best (the tuba is my primary instrument). A “pawn shop find,” so the history before me is unknown. Except for the lacquer blemishes, the horn is in superb condition.
Specs:
Model TO-01
Reynolds "Stereophonic" Contempora Bass Trombone
Bore: .565"
Bell: 10"
Materials: bronze-alloy bell, brass main tuning crook, gooseneck; nickel-silver bracing and trim, outside slide tubes and slide receiver
Valve: two rotary valves with dependent F/flat E attachments; brass with nickel-silver outer slide tubes
Slide: brass outer slides with nickel-silver sleeves; chrome-plated nickel silver inner slide tubes; chrome-plated hand grips
Finish: polished brass with baked epoxy
This horn has just been serviced and plays well as is. Pics tell the rest of the story!
Please feel free to email or pm me with additional questions. I can text more pictures.
Tim Jackson
tjacks46@bellsouth.net
Reynolds Bass Trombone on sale
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Re: Reynolds Bass Trombone
This is said to be the first production model two rotor bass trombone. I don't know if it actually is, but it's widely said to be.
I get things wrong a lot, but I might be remembering that Allen Ostrander had something to do with its design.
Because of the tremendous volume of sound that this model potentially offers, they are quite popular with big band bass trombone players.
I get things wrong a lot, but I might be remembering that Allen Ostrander had something to do with its design.
Because of the tremendous volume of sound that this model potentially offers, they are quite popular with big band bass trombone players.
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Thanks for the info Bloke,
I figure some trombone player will have this model on their "bucket list". Yes, it can really cut through in a jazz ensemble setting! It will be interesting to see how this sale goes. Occasionally I would put an F tuba mouthpiece on this horn... mainly for stripping paint - what fun!
from contemporacorner.com:
The "Stereophonic" Story
The Contempora "Stereophonic" double-valve bass trombone was launched in fall 1958. Designed in collaboration with Kauko Kahila, Allen Ostrander and Louis Counihan, the "Stereophonic" was one of the first widely available bass trombones with two rotor valves permanently attached to the horn. The design provided players with a fast and simple way of lowering the overall pitch of the trombone to E and enabled them to play technical passages such as the low B glissando in Bartok’s “Concerto for Orchestra”.
Ostrander quickly championed the advantages of the “Stereophonic” double-valve design for his NYPO playing and teaching methods. An image of the Reynolds double-valve section appears on the front of my copy of Ostrander’s “Double-Valve Bass Trombone Low Tone Studies” method book. Ostrander also appears to have been somewhat of a gearhead, ordering a second Reynolds horn and mixing and matching bells and valve sections from different manufacturers to see how they played.
I figure some trombone player will have this model on their "bucket list". Yes, it can really cut through in a jazz ensemble setting! It will be interesting to see how this sale goes. Occasionally I would put an F tuba mouthpiece on this horn... mainly for stripping paint - what fun!
from contemporacorner.com:
The "Stereophonic" Story
The Contempora "Stereophonic" double-valve bass trombone was launched in fall 1958. Designed in collaboration with Kauko Kahila, Allen Ostrander and Louis Counihan, the "Stereophonic" was one of the first widely available bass trombones with two rotor valves permanently attached to the horn. The design provided players with a fast and simple way of lowering the overall pitch of the trombone to E and enabled them to play technical passages such as the low B glissando in Bartok’s “Concerto for Orchestra”.
Ostrander quickly championed the advantages of the “Stereophonic” double-valve design for his NYPO playing and teaching methods. An image of the Reynolds double-valve section appears on the front of my copy of Ostrander’s “Double-Valve Bass Trombone Low Tone Studies” method book. Ostrander also appears to have been somewhat of a gearhead, ordering a second Reynolds horn and mixing and matching bells and valve sections from different manufacturers to see how they played.
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Re: Reynolds Bass Trombone
OK...so - I suppose... - this time I was "mostly correct".
more bumpage...
Allen Ostrander's son brought in an ornate "VEGA" (long 'e' pronunciation) silver-plated trombone (to my former brick-and-mortar store) that his dad had been given as a high school graduation present by his parents...He wanted me to shine it up - so he could make it into a lamp. I suggested that he - instead - donate it to the NYPO collection so that - from time-to-time - it could be rotated into their displayed items. He followed my advice.
Someone here should buy your CONTEMPORA.
I'm thinking that I might have a pair (used) of outside slide tubes for the Contempora bass trbn. model (not for sale) that I'm holding onto - in case a customer or I ever need them.
more bumpage...
Allen Ostrander's son brought in an ornate "VEGA" (long 'e' pronunciation) silver-plated trombone (to my former brick-and-mortar store) that his dad had been given as a high school graduation present by his parents...He wanted me to shine it up - so he could make it into a lamp. I suggested that he - instead - donate it to the NYPO collection so that - from time-to-time - it could be rotated into their displayed items. He followed my advice.
Someone here should buy your CONTEMPORA.
I'm thinking that I might have a pair (used) of outside slide tubes for the Contempora bass trbn. model (not for sale) that I'm holding onto - in case a customer or I ever need them.