Conn 62H Eastlake Bass Trombone, Used

Item Details

This is a Conn 62H bass trombone made in Eastlake, Ohio by the Conn-Selmer Corporation.  This is the current model produced by Conn, instroduced around 2001, also at one time endorsed by Bill Reichenbach.  The distinctive features of the new 62H are the unbraced red brass tuning slide and red brass bell, and the offset rotors with open wrap.  The hand slide features a removable leadpipe; one is included: Conn size D.  Extra press-in pipes are available.

Photos were taken upon its arrival here, and since then its been cleaned, tuned, adjusted and made ready to play by Brass Mavens in Whittier, CA.  It'll be a little shiner with perfect mechanical action.

This trombone is from the collection of George Thatcher, LA trombonist with John Williams and Hollywood studios.  George tended to own one each of the same trombone that his colleagues played.  Here's one for Bill Reichenbach.

Condition is very good:  low miles, no dents, excellent slide action, good chrome, lacquer is complete except for some wear at the hand braces and some darkening at the bell rim.  This is an early version of this model, from around 2001.  The hand slide has extruded brass sleeves at the top rather than soldered nickel sleeves they use now.  The early D linkage was replaced by this newer version, giving shorter travel at the key lever.  Key levers are now adjusted to fit human hands.  Nice playing horn, very nimble and clear, I'd take it to a gig.

Sleek Bam France case is included, along with the Conn leadpipe and George's mouthpiece.

Biography of George Thatcher

George Thatcher, 1953-2024, trombonist, performed as a Hollywood freelance recording and symphonic musician, whose career has transverses a wide variety of styles as well as a number of continents. Since returning to Los Angeles in 1988, Thatcher has recorded for such motion picture luminaries as John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Randy Newman, Thomas Newman and Danny Elfman, on such film as Jurassic Park, Anastasia, Men in Black and the Shawshank Redemption. He records for television, advertising and records, having performed with such artist as Barbara Streisand, Natalie Cole, Neil Diamond, and Frank Sinatra. Thatcher's orchestral associations include performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Long Beach Opera, the Los Angeles Opera, Opera Pacific, the Pacific Symphony, and @the American Ballet Theater, San Francisco and Kirov ballet companies. His work abroad includes positions of principal bass trombone with the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, principal bass trombone with the National Symphony Orchestra of the S.A.B.C., and principal bass trombone with the Orchestra Sinfonica Municipal de Caracas. Thatcher records for Raptoria Caam Records as a solo artist and as principal bass trombone of the Viklarbo Chamber Symphony. An active symphonic soloist, Thatcher recently performed Maria Newman's Concerto for Bass trombone and Orchestra (Peccavi) with both the Viklarbo Chamber Symphony and the Occidental-Caltech Orchestra in Los Angeles. He also appeared as soloist with the Eastern Sierra Symphony Orchestra, the Palisades Symphony and the Chamber George Thatcher Orchestra at St. Matthew's, and has been featured at many well known music festivals nationwide. On the jazz scene, Thatcher has toured extensively with famed trumpeters Harry James and Al Hirt. While residing in Johannesburg, South Africa he recorded two original solo albums for the S.A.B.C. Thatcher's later compact discs include "Even Call Girls Get the Blues" and "Terrorist".

-Rene Laanen