515” bore size, with or without the F attachment. 1949-1964 ModelĬontempora Tenor Trombone | Materials: Bronz-o-lyte bell nickel-silver tone ring, gooseneck, tuning slide, bracing and trim | Slide: chrome-plated nickel silver inner slides brass outer slides nickel-silver mouthpiece receiver | Finish: clear lacquer finish optional silverplate bright bell or silverplate gold bell finish | Brass “R” counterweightĬontempora Tenor Trombone (with F attachment) | Valve: rotor valve with closed-wrap F attachment | Materials: Bronz-o-lyte bell nickel-silver tone ring, bracing and trim brass gooseneck and tuning slide crooks | Slide: chrome-plated nickel silver inner slides brass outer slides nickel-silver mouthpiece receiver, handgrip and outer slide sleeves | Finish: clear lacquer finish optional silverplate bright bell or silverplate gold bell finishĪfter Reynolds merged with Olds in 1964 and production moved to the Olds plant in Fullerton, the Contempora tenor trombone was offered in a single. The larger-bore Contempora tenor trombone was available with a rotary valve and F attachment beginning in the mid-1950s. Both manufacturers share similar bell bracing patterns as well, with a distinctive triangle-shaped ferrule that was patented in 1938 by Reginald Olds.
The tone ring helps focus and project the sound without breaking up at louder volumes. Like the Olds Super model, the Contempora tenor trombone features a nickel-silver tone ring, or “kranz”, around the edge of the bell flare. Olds’ trombones than the King trombones produced by H.N. the King Master cornet, the Contempora tenor trombones have more in common with F.E. White small brass that Foster Reynolds designed, e.g. But where Reynolds’ trumpets and cornets are related to the H.N. Introduced in 1949, the Reynolds Contempora trombone features the same bronze alloy bell that make the Contempora trumpet and cornet models so distinctive.
0 kommentar(er)
