ST20 Trombone

Schilke Trombone

The Schilke ST20 Custom Series Tenor Trombone was designed to answer the needs of the professional level player needing a top performance instrument. The ST20 Custom Series features a .547-inch large tenor trombone with three interchangeable leadpipes plus an 8.5-inch bell in yellow brass or rose brass. This series also features a traditional wrap F Attachment design with an Axial Flow Valve. The ST20 is available with either a nickel or yellow brass end slide bow, and in a round or square shape main tuning slide to alter the overall response of the instrument to meet the needs of the player. The Schilke ST20 Custom Series Tenor Trombone includes a case and is available in lacquer finish.

This Schilke trombone is the counterpart to the successful ST-20 Axial Trombone launched in 2006. This ST-20 Series features a standard wrap design with a traditional rotor valve. This trombone expands the options available to the player looking for an instrument to customize to their playing needs.
Bells

Schilke bells are 8 " hand-hammered bells available in Yellow or Rose Brass. Generally, a Yellow Brass bell will provide a strong fundamental sound with clarity and consistent overtone structure throughout all dynamic levels. With its higher copper content, a Rose Brass bell will provide a rich, dark sound at lower dynamic levels, but will tend to reach "red line" brilliance levels faster than a Yellow Brass bell.
Handslides

Available with Yellow Brass or Nickel end bows, Schilke handslides are .547" large bore slides with chrome-plated inner tubes, yellow brass outer tubes, and nickel oversleeves. All Schilke handslides are assembled to strict tolerances from the highest quality parts, aligned multiple times throughout the build and finish process, then hand-finished to assure consistent action. The quality control of our parts allows us to build slides that are free of stress and torsion, a major problem with many trombone slides.

Three interchangeable brass leadpipes are also included:

1 ” Most compact sound, very clear articulation, most resistance

2 ” Standard leadpipe, more open sound than #1, more clear articulation than #3

3 ” Most open sound, somewhat more covered articulation, least resistance
Tuning Slides