This is a new horn from Conn, with a 9" large throat tenor trombone bell called the "K" bell, a single valve open wrap F attachment and your choice of slide. What? Think of it as a smaller bass trombone for lighter playing. In fact, this is a new incarnation of the old King 5B, with the old King 5B small bass bell mounted on the 88H platform. Choose a lightweight .562" bore slide with three lead pipes, or the slightly smaller .547"/.562" dual bore slide. I know it sounds nothing like the other heavy artillery in our bass trombone department, but it works. I would personally use this horn in a pit orchestra for a show that has two trombones, but the first part is being played on a Bach 12 or King 2B, and the second part is a bass part, but doesn't stay in the basement all day. Examples are Caberet and Evita. It could work on West Side Story too if you're nimble, or any of those older shows where the part was written for single valve bass trombones, which were the norm until the 1950's. Or I'd use it in a big band playing older stock tunes that don't go too low, like for a 40's dance with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Or I'd use it in the symphony for lighter pieces when the first player is using alto. The trick is to get the second player to use smaller equipment too, which usually means you have to take them outside and threaten them. "Stop using that God D@#* Moosehorn", I'd say. And I would too. But it never works. Moosehorns are just so...in.

Back to the Conn. The bell throat is a little tighter than other bass trombones. The F attachment is smaller too, .562" bore, like an old King Duo Gravis. But it works. I'm not always so nimble down low on one valve, but for most things, this horn can do just fine. And watch me now, I do pretty well on one valve, even in the Lou Gillis etude book. I kept one 88KHO out for a week and played all the bass trombone etudes on the thing. It was great fun. And...you can then put on a ,547" slide, a tenor mouthpiece, and you're ready to go with a big Bach 42B style tenor trombone sound. Maybe you could use it for when you want to play second trombone next to the alto player, and I'm not there to threaten you. <grin>.

Includes case and mouthpiece. The K bell section is available with any Conn 88H slide, with soldered in lead pipe, or with three removable lead pipes. Bell section only is available separately.