attic find, except it was my OWN ATTIC

[bloke]

Reynolds Model 95 Tromhorn in B flat, with good condition original case interior straps in place, and bakelite case handle intact.

Plays well, the scale is pretty well in tune as well.

Forever, I had just thought it was an old Reynolds E-flat mellophonium (nope) type of instrument.

[arpthark]

9’ baritone/trombone Bb?

Cool!

Edit: valve trombone sound quality? Oktoberfest fun horn?

[bloke]

I had a nice King flugabone that I sold to one of our website patrons here. I have one more that I could fix up to have, but I think I'm going to spend 30 minutes to an hour on this thing, and hang it on my wall with some of my other stuff - next to my Olds valve trombone.

I've mentioned before that there are four of us who do Oktoberfest jobs from a stack of lead sheets (that we never look at and actually from just knowing a whole bunch of central European polkas and waltzes). The band leader takes a whole bunch of woodwinds and brass (as he plays all of them remarkably well as well as with great velocity, and is one of those guys who can play keyboard in the right hand and a wind instrument in the left hand (which comes in handy if there's no accordionist).

I might bring my bass guitar this time as well (mouth relief), but I usually bring a tuba, euphonium, a bass trumpet type of instrument (formerly the flugabone, which is sold) and a valve trombone, as well as a trumpet or a pocket trumpet. Several of those are basically the same thing, but they look different which impresses the Oktoberfest patrons. I'll probably bring this thing, this time.

I'll probably hit some brown areas and shoot some lacquer on them. This thing sports what's left of its original lacquer. It's one of those instruments whereby there is some piston nickel plating wear, yet the pistons continue to feature close tolerances to the casings.

[djwpe]

That flugabone kept me playing during the rehab from my shoulder replacement 2 years ago, and still sits on a stand and is the instrument I grab when walking by to play something by ear.

[Bob Kolada]

Reynolds Model 95 Tromhorn in B flat, with good condition original case interior straps in place, and bakelite case handle intact.

Plays well, the scale is pretty well in tune as well.

Forever, I had just thought it was an old Reynolds E-flat mellophonium (nope) type of instrument.

Neat! The valve set looks like one of those 'everyone did it' .562 baritone sets but the internet suggests it's .500. I wonder what else they may have used that on.
The second Tuba Christmas I brought my little cimbasso thing to, one of the facilitators snapped her fingers and said 'that's a bass trombonium!'. I should get a quartet of these things together and play trombone quartets, though I fear the wrath from above that would surely follow such an abomination.

Regarding your Eb comment, the cutest little tuba family horn I ever saw was a front valve, bell front, silver alto horn, iirc it was a York.

[Jperry1466]

My 1950 King Trombonium in its custom-made "baby coffin".

[gocsick]

I've always wanted a trombonium as a novelty... but not at current retail prices for them. The Bach/Olds flugabone and the Blessing marching baritone get occasional outdoor use... but I didn't know where I would actually use a trombonium at a gig.

[iiipopes]

H. N. White - King marketed a similar horn in the 1970's, possibly earlier as well, they called the Altonium, and as I remember from the marketing brochure, it had both Eb and F slides:
https://www.hornmatters.com/2010/07/a-b ... -altonium/
https://www.retiredbrass.com/portfolio- ... onium-1982
As a beginning band student then, I remember the local dealer had one and I thought it was neat. Alas, I wanted to play Dad's trumpet instead. Yes, it does look like a cross between an American hybrid bari/euph, and a brass band alto horn. I think it went away in the late 1970's or early 1980's with the renaming of the company to UMI, the first step towards effective elimination of the company by the Cyborg.