The Conn Trombone Page
This page contains information relevant to Conn Trombones. These are the Conn model numbers ending with the letters "G" (valve trombones) and "H" (slide trombones).
Index of pages
Full Valve Trombone Model Number List
This is the full valve trombone model number list. New models after 1970 are not included.
End dates past 1970 are given, when known.
Full Slide Trombone Model Number List
This is the full slide trombone model number list. New models after 1970 are not included.
End dates past 1970 are given, when known.
What do the trombones look like?
Although the Conn model number index is very interesting, it doesn't show you
what the instruments look like. In the pages behind this link I try to
provide as complete a list as possible of pictures of the Conn trombones in
the Conn model number index.
Also on this site
Conn trombone recognition guide
The name says it all.
Conn Brass Serial Numbers
Serial number lists for Conn Brass instruments.
Pan American Brass Serial Numbers
Serial number lists for Pan American Brass instruments.
"How to Care For Your Instrument": Original Conn publication August 1942
A Conn publication from WW2 on how to care for your instrument when spare parts are unavailable.
"Proper Care of Your Conn Instrument": Original 1958 Conn brochure
The complete text of an original brochure Conn included with its instruments.
Comparative quality of Conn instruments
From time to time I am asked whether a model is a professional or student model. Here is the answer.
The Coprion Bell
An article on the how and why of the Coprion bell.
The post-Elkhart years
Model number lists from the post-Elkhart years.
Some Links relevant to trombones
Conn serial number list by Lars Kirmser