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We heard about the positives about Schiller's CC tuba, but does anyone know about Schiller's "Super Bass Trombone"?

http://www.schillerinstruments.com/prod ... sbass.html" target="_blank

New, It's about $1100 including a hard case and shipping on ebay.
Pretty cheap, and it looks good.
Also, no where online does it say the key. I'm assuming it's Bb/F/Gb.

I make it a point to not badmouth any brand of instrument but I have to tell you that as far as I'm concerned, the 'jury is out' on the Schiller instruments. I have a Schiller 'Heritage' BBb rotary in the shop right now that plays sharp with the tuning slide about to hit the floor. I've been emailing Schiller for two weeks trying to get their attention so I can simply buy an extra main slide in order to build a longer one for this horn without altering the original slide.

FWIW.... Schiller is not in Frankfort. The horns are made wherever and just branded Schiller 'Frankfort'.

Like I said... "The jury is out".

TubaTinker wrote: Like I said... "The jury is out".

My friends bought the Schiller "marching trombone" and it apparently played very well. I tried it out and it was very nimble and free-blowing. Felt like a Yamaha.
http://www.schillerinstruments.com/prod ... mbone.html" target="_blank

Maybe you have a bad one(inconsistent) ? or maybe that particular model is not a very good one.

Reintroducing this because of some recent discussion about Schiller.


Whatcha think/know?

Re-read Dan's post. He is mostly concerned about a lack of response from the company concening parts. He can fix the horn if parts are available.

If you want a GREAT playing bass trombone on the cheap, and parts/service availability is not an issue, make this guy an offer. I'll bet $1200-$1300 would buy this Besson 943. The Hagmann valves are free blowing and maintanance free. It's a Bb - F - Gb(G) indepentant setup that plays out of this world. I've used one as my main horn since 2001. Make him an offer, but don't expect parts/service from Besson or Schiller.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Besson-Bass-Trombon ... 2c4f9f690f" target="_blank

tbn.al wrote:Re-read Dan's post. He is mostly concerned about a lack of response from the company concening parts. He can fix the horn if parts are available.

If you want a GREAT playing bass trombone on the cheap, and parts/service availability is not an issue, make this guy an offer. I'll bet $1200-$1300 would buy this Besson 943. The Hagmann valves are free blowing and maintanance free. It's a Bb - F - Gb(G) indepentant setup that plays out of this world. I've used one as my main horn since 2001. Make him an offer, but don't expect parts/service from Besson or Schiller.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Besson-Bass-Trombon ... 2c4f9f690f" target="_blank" target="_blank

Looking at the picture, it looks to me like this is a 943 with standard rotary valves, not the Hagmann valve version. This is identical to my 943 that I have used as my main horn for many years. Even with the standard rotary valves, it is a great playing horn