Carol Brass XL Bore

Oldtrumpetguy · Regular Member Joined: 24 Jun 2017 Posts: 27

I was looking through some posts in the forum and was able to find out what the Carol Brass model #'s mean. Has anyone ever tried the CTR-5004 model? What I saw on a forum discussion is the 5004 = XL .470 bore for Carol. If anyone has tried it or is currently playing Carol's .470, I'm curious if your opinion of the horn. Also, coupling the .470 bore with larger 5" bell...thoughts? Saw a horn with this number and configuration and can't find info on it. The actual model # is CTR-5004L-YLT. Assuming the L to indicate light weight horn. Thanks.
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GuidoCorona · Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 11:54 am Post subject:

Carolbrass seems to have very few models that come standard with a .470 bore.... On the CarolbrassCMS site I saw only a couple of CTR-5204 variants, and a single CTR-5064,...

http://www.carolbrasscms.com/ctr-5064h-glt-l.html

http://www.carolbrasscms.com/ctr-5064h-glt-l.html

On the other hand, it is my understanding that Carolbrass may accept custom orders for the XL bore on some high end trumpets.

Regards, Guido
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Oldtrumpetguy · Regular Member Joined: 24 Jun 2017 Posts: 27

Thank you. This is helpful.
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gregplo · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 12:14 pm Post subject:

I have a CarolBrass CTR-4344L-YLT, which is XL bore with bronze body, the more open lead pipe, nickel silver slides and the large yellow brass bell. It is a great horn. With the square tuning slide, the blow isn’t too open, and while the sound is on the dark side, I wouldn’t consider it “dark.” I worked with Doug Teeter directly on the build. Even though it was a custom build, it was very reasonable. Doug has an ML bore horn very similar to what he and I put together.

http://www.carolbrass.com/product_post.php?i=285

You can contact Doug Teeter directly...
CarolBrass USA
5491 N.Wilson Ave Fresno, Ca. 93704
Tel: 559 436-5247
Mail: dteeter5491@att.net
Attn: Mr. Doug Teeter
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GuidoCorona · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 3:18 pm Post subject:

Hi Greg, couple of questions on your CTR-4344.....

* What size bell does it have? I know it can be ordered with the 37 type bell, 72 type, and also with the uber-large 5.31" (nominally 5.25") bell.

* is the bell the light gage one, or the standard gage?

* I noticed that it is supplied with "double ring" ferrules.... I am not familiar with "double ring" in this context... What does it mean?

Regards, Guido
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gregplo · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:29 pm Post subject:

My horn has the 72 lightweight bell in yellow brass. I don’t know what double ring ferrules means either.

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Conn 61B
Benge 90B
Conn 80B LB
CarolBrass Arturo Sandoval Pocket Trumpet
CarolBrass CFL-620R
Getzen CB 610

Remember...when He returns, the trumpet shall sound....

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