O'Malley Brass Instruments
Rotary Swaging machine is insane, how have i lived without this?
05/29/2026
If it says 'corporation' on it, that means it plays better, right?
Skiving a bass trombone bell. This particular bell is for Charlie Vernon of the CSO!
05/21/2026
Making a tapered bit without hydroforming is quite an undertaking, luckily we have enough brain cells (unlike people rely on hydroforming to calibrate their tapers)
How do you think we do it? Correct answer wins something probably. (You can’t win if you work here, Kyle)
Introducing the first O'Malley medium bore trombone! Made right here in our shop in Chicago. Want one for yourself? Contact our dealer
Features:
-.525" medium bore
-8" diameter .020" gauge yellow brass or gold brass bell with a French bead (made on a new mandrel!)
-removable leadpipes
-seamed yellow brass neckpipe
-lightweight or standard weight slide, nickel silver or brass outer tubes, nickel silver or brass crook
-seamed yellow brass or seamed gold brass main tuning slide crook
-takes small shank mouthpieces
-hand engraved
-every part but the waterkey made here in our Chicago shop
Sanding a trombone bell, Jimmy makes it look easy!
Pre-spinning a bell for one of our new .525" medium bore trombones!
05/12/2026
Our engraver is engraving some tuba bells for a customer. The first picture is the original engraving, and the next is the updated version! All done by hand, here in Chicago.
05/05/2026
Now available on the webstore and in stock (in silver plate), replacement leadpipe assemblies for Benge 3X and Claude Gordon trumpet models!
https://www.omalleyhorns.com/products/leadpipe-assemblies-trumpet-benge-bb
I think I’d rather use a triangular scraper and struggle personally.
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3004 West 111th Street
Chicago, IL
60655
Opening Hours
| Monday | 10am - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 10am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 10am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 10am - 5pm |
| Friday | 10am - 5pm |
| Saturday | 10am - 2pm |
