I have, over the years, collected a wide array of instruments. All were purchased with the intent to play them or have them played, not to merely collect them.
I've had some really interesting pieces in the collection, many have been sold to either upgrade my stable, or to purchase an instrument I needed more.
Tubas
Yamaha YBB-641 BBb - custom receiver - Alexander "78" mouthpiece. Kalison DS 5-valve CC; Herco BBb or DEG early Nylon mouthpiece. Miraphone 184-4U CC; Miraphone C4 mouthpiece.
Yamaha YFB-621 F Tuba; Faxx Helleberg.
King D medium Bass - converted from a too-flat Eb. Miraphone C4 mouthpiece. King Eb recording bass - VERY small!!!; Miraphone C4 mouthpiece (small shank). Pan American F, 3 top-action valves. Extra small instrument for ophicleide and Mascagni parts.
Conn Eb Sousaphone; Yamaha 67B4 mouthpiece.
Yamaha YBL-611B
Tenor Trombones Yamaha YSL-643II; from when Yamaha made the best Conn 88H on the market ;-)
Conn 76H. c.1924 Essentially a tuning-in-slide 8H. One of a kind with a stunning sound! Kruspe Tenor/Bass Posaune - with Yamaha german leadpipe. Pan American (early version with globe counterweight)
"pBone" from Conn-Selmer Conn 18H director; the "beater", with Yellow, Coprion and gold plated bells to swap out Bass Trumpet
F. Besson with new JinBao valves in Bb (see article). Getzen/Sherman Eb/F
Ophicleide
Guichard in C, converted from 9 to 10-key.
Serpent
Christopher Monk keyless church serpent in C with Rogers 255 custom mouthpiece.
Euphonium
Yamaha YEP-321S with 5 valves
Baritone
Yamaha YBH-301S
Alto Horn/Altonium
Olds in F/Eb
Contrabass Trombone/Cimbasso
JcS F/D/BBb/AA Contrabass Trombone, with .562 slide and valves; Kanstul 2A mouthpiece JcS "Tuba Verdi" in BBb with 3 pistons; Yamaha CB mouthpiece Bass Horn
JcS 5-valves in F. Trombone sized mouthpiece. Olds valves, Conn 8D Bell Other instruments
Trumpet - Selmer DeVille Bb Horn - Custom Holton Bb with Custom 4th valve in natural F or stopped A
Pocket Trumpet - Jupiter Flute - Armstrong B-foot, offset, closed-hole, sterling silver head and body Flute - Rampone & Cazzani 13-key Flute - Artley (Elkhart) with Gold lip plate
Recorders - Sopranino, Alto, and Tenor by Aulos Recorder - Soprano by Yamaha
Fife - Yamaha Fife
No Longer in the Collection
Alexander 164 CC Boosey & Hawkes Imperial Eb Conn "Monster Eb" converted to .720 bore with 5 valves. Excellent instrument - I'm making another one! Jupiter 600 "Carnegie XL" Bb/F trombone - Amazing instrument! King 1291 4-valve rotary BBb Recording Bass
King/JcS 4v 3/4 CC King Trombone King/JcS "5B+" Baritone trombone
Salvation Army Custom G Bass trombone with added D valve Conn 88H G Bass trombone; .562 bore! c.1924
King 1205 Medium Eb - converted to 4 string-action rotary valves. An outstanding player, but the donor bugle was really ugly - I'll have to do one of these again! |
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The Collection |