Antoine Courtois Legend 420 trombones offer a number of possible adjustments including different bells, different slides and rotary valve mechanisms.
Each musician is free to adapt the instrument to his personal playing style while enjoying the quality of precision, projection and overall sound. Antoine Courtois Legend 420 trombones have entirely handmade bells which adapt over time to a musicians playing.
The bells are available in three different metals/alloys: yellow brass, rose brass and solid silver. With their elegant and homogenous sound, yellow brass bells provide a nice balance between the various playing parameters which make it the most widely used and widely played alloy in the world.
Orchestral musicians are especially fond of bells in rose brass for their warmer sound and the possibility of broader and more powerful playing required by great works of the classical repertoire.
Finally, many soloists choose solid silver bells for their precise and unique sound, rich in harmonics. Four slide models are available for the Legend 420 trombones. Standard slides are yellow brass with nickel sleeves for a powerful stable tone, yellow brass with extrusions for a livelier and more vibrant response, ultralight brass with a soldered sterling lead pipe, for a lightweight clear centered tone, and nickel silver slides for their broader and more powerful playing qualities.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Key: Bb/F
Bore: .547inch / 13,89 mm
Bell: Hand hammered one piece bells (yellow, gold brass, sterling silver) 8.46inch / 215 mm
Outfit: Deluxe contoured case in vegetable fibers, mouthpiece (Antoine Courtois 6 1/2 M-Michel Becquet model), slide grease, cleaning cloth
Finish: Clear lacquered
Options On Special Demand: Yellow brass outer slide with extrusions, nickel silver lightweight outer slide
TRADITIONAL ROTOR CLOSED WRAP
AC420B-1-0: Closed wrap standard rotor, standard yellow brass slide with nickel silver sleeves, one piece yellow bell
AC420BR-1-0: Closed wrap standard rotor, standard yellow brass slide with nickel silver sleeves, one piece gold brass bell
AC420MB-1-0: Closed wrap standard rotor, lightweight yellow brass slide with solid silver lead pipe, one piece yellow bell
AC420MBR-1-0: Closed wrap standard rotor, lightweight yellow brass slide with solid silver lead pipe, one piece gold brass bell
TRADITIONAL ROTOR OPEN WRAP
AC420BO-1-0: Open wrap standard rotor, standard yellow brass slide with nickel silver sleeves, one piece yellow bell
AC420BOR-1-0: Open wrap standard rotor, standard yellow brass slide with nickel silver sleeves, one piece gold brass bell
AC420MBO-1-0: Open wrap standard rotor, lightweight yellow brass slide with solid silver lead pipe, one piece yellow bell
AC420MBOR-1-0: Open wrap standard rotor, lightweight yellow brass slide with solid silver lead pipe, one piece gold brass bell
AC420MBOST-1-0: Open wrap standard rotor, lightweight yellow brass slide with solid silver lead pipe, one piece sterling bell
OPEN WRAP THAYER VALVE
AC420BT-1-0: Open wrap Thayer valve, standard yellow brass slide with nickel silver sleeves, one piece yellow bell
AC420BTR-1-0: Open wrap Thayer valve, standard yellow brass slide with nickel silver sleeves, one piece gold brass bell
AC420BTST-1-0: Open wrap Thayer valve, standard yellow brass slide with nickel silver sleeves, one piece sterling bell
OPEN WRAP HAGMANN VALVE
AC420BH-1-0: Open wrap Hagmann valve, standard yellow brass slide with nickel silver sleeves, one piece yellow bell
AC420BHR-1-0: Open wrap Hagmann valve, standard yellow brass slide with nickel silver sleeves, one piece gold brass bell
AC420MBH-1-0: Open wrap Hagmann valve, lightweight yellow brass slide with solid silver lead pipe, one piece yellow bell
AC420MBHR-1-0: Open wrap Hagmann valve, lightweight yellow brass slide with solid silver lead pipe, one piece gold brass bell
AC420MBHST-1-0: Open wrap Hagmann valve, lightweight yellow brass slide with solid silver lead pipe, one piece sterling bell
STRAIGHT TROMBONE
AC420T-1-0: Bb straight, standard yellow brass slide with nickel silver sleeves, one piece yellow bell
AC420TR-1-0: Bb straight, standard yellow brass slide with nickel silver sleeves, one piece gold brass bell
AC420MT-1-0: Bb straight, lightweight yellow brass slide with solid silver lead pipe, one piece yellow bell
AC420MTR-1-0: Bb straight, lightweight yellow brass slide with solid silver lead pipe, one piece gold brass bell
NEW YORKER MODEL
AC421BH-1-0: Open wrap Hagmann valve, standard yellow brass slide with extrusion, one piece yellow bell with screw ring, ergonomic left-hand rest
AC421BHR-1-0: Open wrap Hagmann valve, standard yellow brass slide with extrusion, one piece gold brass bell with screw ring, ergonomic left-hand rest
