Hey guys, I play Tenor, Bass, and Soprano trombone currently. I`m now ready to move on to Alto trombone, but my school nor community has an alto to check out/rent. If any of you have one to sell, or know of a place that sells them at a decent price, please let me know. (No Yamahas please)

Also, same thing with Piccolo trombone.

Thank you

Amati trombones i think those are the ones that are made in like brazil or something. at first i thought "bah foreign crap!" but i like the horn it play pretty nice. then again i dont know too much about altos. Ive played the Conn alto with the valve and the amati one. i really liked em both.

Awesome, I just started on Soprano, any tips?

Learn to read Bb :P

What`s wrong with Yamaha?

nothing i like the amati equally....

Yamaha Trombones, (not in my opinion, ask 99% of any professional) sound more like their dirtbikes rather than trombones. They make decent tubas and trumpets but the trombones always seem below par compared to their equals. The probmlem is, Yamaha produces their trombones more by factory, rather than by hand. This leaves room for error in the bore conctruction. Having collegues that have worked for both Yamaha and Conn, I have a lot of experience in the matter.

I dont like them either. I was doing some slide work on one a couple years back and saw the siner slide was mis aligned. I did my normal "spred it a part " thing and crack the frickin slide broke. I have never had that or seen that with any other manufacturer. I have heard from a couple other instrument techs that it is not that uncomon.

Another thing they tried to move the f attachment in to the tuning slide. It is a great idea but the linkage rubs my neck and really bothers me. not to mention how noisy the valve is.

Lastly I tried to remove laquer from one reciently. I tried the boiling watter trick it worked a little then i tried sandpaper and worked till my arm almost fell off that took some of it off. Finaly i used a harsh chemicals and that took it off prety good. What im getting at is that the bell thickness is primarily laquer (not really Im exagerating a little here) and once it was all gone you could almost see through the bell. (it did sound a lot better though)

i wouldnt knock the yamaha horns. I tottally dig the doug yeo bass bone and a tenor once. i dunno i dont really try too many other horns but i like yamaha.

Also all horns are a case by case thing. ive played some AMAZING horns and some absolutely TERRIBLE horns but the thing is they were the same model make. i stand by the fact that you HAVE to play something before your buy it and never assume a horn is inferior because what someone said.

Having worked on plenty of instruments myself, I would say that Yamaha is far and away the most consistent manufacturer ever. There is virtually no inconsistency in the bore size between horns because they are made by computer. If you don`t like the way they play, that is another matter, but I would say that 99% of pro players would be quite comfortable on a Yamaha, even if they have something else that they like better. The main problem with Yamaha is the lacquer because they put the strongest lacquer on for durability, but it kills a lot of the resonance.

Amati looks good, wish I could afford the Conn 36-H