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The Next Chapter in Your Trombone Journey





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Is your beginner trombone starting to hold you back? If so, the time has come for a step-up horn. Well suited for all musical applications and styles, the Bach 411 Intermediate F Attachment trombone is an ideal choice. It’s a large bore, tenor trombone with a 2-piece, 8.500-inch, yellow brass bell. Thanks to the 411’s removable leadpipe design, you can customize the blowing resistance and tonality to fit your needs. Left in the factory configuration, the 411 creates a bright, cutting tone that's perfect for all-brass bands and marching bands. Beyond that, the 411 trombone has an open-wrap F attachment with a standard rotor valve that helps you grab low notes with ease. At Sweetwater, we’re particularly impressed by the slick action of the yellow brass main slide. Bach also added a nickel-silver crook, and silver-plated finish which team up to produce a brilliant sound and attractive visuals.





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Top-notch feature set





The Bach 411 tenor trombone is much more than a humble step-up trigger trombone. It’s a meticulously designed performance instrument packed with professional features. First and foremost is the open-wrap F attachment. Bach knows just how impactful wind resistance can be, so they engineered the open wrap to alleviate any extra resistance introduced by the attachment. You’ll appreciate the smooth and quiet action of the standard rotor valve. Speaking of smooth, the main slide is made from well-balanced yellow brass with a nickel-silver crook for extra vibrancy. Final tone shaping is carried out by an incredibly responsive 2-piece, 8.5-inch, yellow brass bell. Add up all the features, and you get a horn that’s responsive, resonant, and incredibly fun to play!





Tailor your sound with the removable leadpipe





After the mouthpiece, the leadpipe is one of the most prominent factors that determines an instrument’s tonal characteristics and feel. The Bach 411 offers a removable leadpipe, a feature that’s noticeably absent in many other trombone designs. That’s important because you can customize the feel of your trombone! If you need more resistance, you can get a new leadpipe to compensate. To tame some of the brilliance, grab a slow tapering leadpipe. For brightness that can peel paint off the walls, load in your fast tapering leadpipe. The final sound of the trombone is up to you, and that’s a feature your bandmates will surely envy. The 411 Intermediate F Attachment trombone ships with a Stradivarius leadpipe with a large shank mouthpiece receiver.





Bach: the professional choice





Often copied but never truly imitated, Bach trombones are the choice of players worldwide. Vincent Bach founded Bach brass in 1918 after a mouthpiece repair went wrong. By 1928, Bach introduced trombones into his lineup. Bach’s famous trombone designs stemmed from a combination of his musical know-how and engineering talent. He successfully identified what he needed from a trombone and set about creating an instrument that could solve the unique issues experienced by trombone players ? and he never looked back. More than a century later, Bach instruments are proudly crafted in Elkhart, Indiana, to the same lofty standards as those from the ’20s and ’30s.





Bach 411 Silver-plated Tenor Trombone Features:


Intermediate tenor trombone with F attachment


Silver-plated finish adds textured brilliance to the tone


8.5-inch, 2-piece, yellow brass bell produces a lively tone


Open-wrap F attachment for easy airflow


Standard rotor valve for easy triggering


0.547-inch large bore for free blowing and a clear fundamental


Yellow brass outer slide creates a balanced tone


Nickel-silver crook contributes an extra dose of brightness


Ships with a large-shank mouthpiece and a case