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Trombone Marcinkiewicz M-500 boutique horn. Amazing for Lead & Salsa!
Estimated price for orientation: 2 099 $
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Description Brand: Marcinkiewicz Key: Bb Trombone Type: Tenor Finish: Brushed lacquered finish Bell Material: Bronze Items Included: Case Model: M-500 Skill Level: Professional MPN: 1625 Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
This is a one-of-a kind horn unlike any of the others they made. Built specifically for me to my specifications while I was the lead trombonist in the US Army’s Jazz Ambassadors. When it was being built I was playing a Mount Vernon Bach 6vii so my intent was to make a modern horn with a very similar feel and sound to a Mount Vernon, but as a .500 bore. I can happily claim that I succeeded. Includes case and shipping.You can hear its lead-trombone capacity on the Ambassadors latest album Sammy Nestico: The Soldier Sessions… there also are solos on I’ll Follow… and Frankie & Johnny. You can also hear it on a number of sample tracks on SlideAdams.comSpecs:
Serial #1625
7.5” heavy commercial bronze bell.
#12 nickel lead pipe
Nickel-silver outer slides
Heavy-duty hand braces
Nickel neck pipe
Rose brass tuning crook
Double Marcinkiewicz counterweights – this bell needs it!This thing projects like no other horn I’ve owned and the tone will not break up no matter how hard you push it! And it keeps a surprisingly darker timbre than is typical of .500 bore with 7.5" bell, yet it still cuts right through the band and is easily heard at the top of the bone section. Makes the perfect lead-trombone…I’ve never played another horn which was better suited for that chair in a big band. Also a great horn for Salsa, if you find a .525 is a bit too large. My last few years in the Jazz Ambassadors this was the horn I played 95% of the time. Now that I’m back to playing in all kinds of different ensembles, I’m finding that it is mostly collecting dust as my other horns are getting much more attention. Plus, the measured distance from the end of the bell to the top of the mouthpiece is longer than any of my other horns at 14.5”. My horn with shortest distance is only 12” and the largest is my Bass trombone at 14”. Not an issue when I was playing 95% of the time but now that I’m playing the rest of my horns much more, it makes the transition much less comfortable.You’ll notice some minor discoloration on the outer bell, it is just oxidation of the copper. Please allow me to explain in detail. When the horn arrived and I found the bell had much more ring when flicked with my fingernail, I put it through a bell-shave procedure as prescribed by Dave Steinmeyer during the next 35-day tour. Theory: when a bell has “favorite frequencies” which manifest as resonant tones when flicking it, the bell-shave goal is to remove those to prevent frequencies from getting caught up in the bell. Random patches are chosen to slowly file away miniscule bits of the metal. Success with this results in a sound, when flicking, more resembling a trashcan lid. After procedure was complete I had scratch finish restored and lacquer reapplied. Then I found the lacquer had messed everything up so it was removed from the bell flare and then only a very thin coat of spray epoxy lacquer was applied. Problem solved…almost though, since the epoxy was so thin in a couple spots that the copper content has oxidized resulting in minor greening in a few spots. To me sound and responsiveness were much more important than beauty.
Description
| Brand: | Marcinkiewicz | Key: | Bb |
| Trombone Type: | Tenor | Finish: | Brushed lacquered finish |
| Bell Material: | Bronze | Items Included: | Case |
| Model: | M-500 | Skill Level: | Professional |
| MPN: | 1625 | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
This is a one-of-a kind horn unlike any of the others they made. Built specifically for me to my specifications while I was the lead trombonist in the US Army’s Jazz Ambassadors. When it was being built I was playing a Mount Vernon Bach 6vii so my intent was to make a modern horn with a very similar feel and sound to a Mount Vernon, but as a .500 bore. I can happily claim that I succeeded. Includes case and shipping.
You can hear its lead-trombone capacity on the Ambassadors latest album Sammy Nestico: The Soldier Sessions… there also are solos on I’ll Follow… and Frankie & Johnny. You can also hear it on a number of sample tracks on SlideAdams.comSpecs:
Serial #1625
7.5” heavy commercial bronze bell.
#12 nickel lead pipe
Nickel-silver outer slides
Heavy-duty hand braces
Nickel neck pipe
Rose brass tuning crook
Double Marcinkiewicz counterweights – this bell needs it!This thing projects like no other horn I’ve owned and the tone will not break up no matter how hard you push it! And it keeps a surprisingly darker timbre than is typical of .500 bore with 7.5" bell, yet it still cuts right through the band and is easily heard at the top of the bone section. Makes the perfect lead-trombone…I’ve never played another horn which was better suited for that chair in a big band. Also a great horn for Salsa, if you find a .525 is a bit too large. My last few years in the Jazz Ambassadors this was the horn I played 95% of the time. Now that I’m back to playing in all kinds of different ensembles, I’m finding that it is mostly collecting dust as my other horns are getting much more attention. Plus, the measured distance from the end of the bell to the top of the mouthpiece is longer than any of my other horns at 14.5”. My horn with shortest distance is only 12” and the largest is my Bass trombone at 14”. Not an issue when I was playing 95% of the time but now that I’m playing the rest of my horns much more, it makes the transition much less comfortable.You’ll notice some minor discoloration on the outer bell, it is just oxidation of the copper. Please allow me to explain in detail. When the horn arrived and I found the bell had much more ring when flicked with my fingernail, I put it through a bell-shave procedure as prescribed by Dave Steinmeyer during the next 35-day tour. Theory: when a bell has “favorite frequencies” which manifest as resonant tones when flicking it, the bell-shave goal is to remove those to prevent frequencies from getting caught up in the bell. Random patches are chosen to slowly file away miniscule bits of the metal. Success with this results in a sound, when flicking, more resembling a trashcan lid. After procedure was complete I had scratch finish restored and lacquer reapplied. Then I found the lacquer had messed everything up so it was removed from the bell flare and then only a very thin coat of spray epoxy lacquer was applied. Problem solved…almost though, since the epoxy was so thin in a couple spots that the copper content has oxidized resulting in minor greening in a few spots. To me sound and responsiveness were much more important than beauty.
Serial #1625
7.5” heavy commercial bronze bell.
#12 nickel lead pipe
Nickel-silver outer slides
Heavy-duty hand braces
Nickel neck pipe
Rose brass tuning crook
Double Marcinkiewicz counterweights – this bell needs it!This thing projects like no other horn I’ve owned and the tone will not break up no matter how hard you push it! And it keeps a surprisingly darker timbre than is typical of .500 bore with 7.5" bell, yet it still cuts right through the band and is easily heard at the top of the bone section. Makes the perfect lead-trombone…I’ve never played another horn which was better suited for that chair in a big band. Also a great horn for Salsa, if you find a .525 is a bit too large. My last few years in the Jazz Ambassadors this was the horn I played 95% of the time. Now that I’m back to playing in all kinds of different ensembles, I’m finding that it is mostly collecting dust as my other horns are getting much more attention. Plus, the measured distance from the end of the bell to the top of the mouthpiece is longer than any of my other horns at 14.5”. My horn with shortest distance is only 12” and the largest is my Bass trombone at 14”. Not an issue when I was playing 95% of the time but now that I’m playing the rest of my horns much more, it makes the transition much less comfortable.You’ll notice some minor discoloration on the outer bell, it is just oxidation of the copper. Please allow me to explain in detail. When the horn arrived and I found the bell had much more ring when flicked with my fingernail, I put it through a bell-shave procedure as prescribed by Dave Steinmeyer during the next 35-day tour. Theory: when a bell has “favorite frequencies” which manifest as resonant tones when flicking it, the bell-shave goal is to remove those to prevent frequencies from getting caught up in the bell. Random patches are chosen to slowly file away miniscule bits of the metal. Success with this results in a sound, when flicking, more resembling a trashcan lid. After procedure was complete I had scratch finish restored and lacquer reapplied. Then I found the lacquer had messed everything up so it was removed from the bell flare and then only a very thin coat of spray epoxy lacquer was applied. Problem solved…almost though, since the epoxy was so thin in a couple spots that the copper content has oxidized resulting in minor greening in a few spots. To me sound and responsiveness were much more important than beauty.