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Hi, anyone know of these?? Chinese I guess… but any good? I am getting one offered as a trade in and I am having trouble valuing it correctly. Seems to me 500 euro max, but maybe I am wrong???

Is that not a Shires or Eastman? All the fittings and engraving say so.

Interesting…. I just asked for a close up of the inscription on the bell…

Meanwhile… here is another shot

Name (Takuma) seems Japanese. But this trombone is unlikely to have been made in Japan.
Bell engraving could give a clue.

We'd have to see the bell, and maybe a serial number to better assess what horn this is.

To me it looks like a Shires knockoff, or maybe even a Shires Q - like Aidan says.

Looks like a knockoff or maybe a stencil??

Same case design as Eastman, must be annEasan then. Any good?

Wilco wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 1:53 pm Looks like a knockoff or maybe a stencil??

Hahahahahahahahaha,

Sorry, that is the funniest pic i've seen this week, I wasn't expecting to see "shires" flowers on the bell, that's hilarious.

Really interesting! Definitely a shires style knock off. The first give away for me is the slide lock ring on the slide receiver. It doesn’t have the double knurling that shires does. I wonder if it plays okay?

It plays ok…. Hopefully better after the leadpipe change. I tried to find info on the Takuma brand, but there is no info whatsoever….