Lectron wrote:The bolt is a hollow 'chainring bolt', std. bicycle component
This one is aluminum as I wanted it light, std. is steel and you do of course get
them is titanium as it's bicycle stuff and they wanna have your money.
Of course, the coolness factor is off the charts if this bolt is Campagnolo...
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It wasn't that heavy at all and with it being such a compact, short instrument was quite easy to hold. The orientation of the valve slides was a bit uncomfortable. Also, being a three valve F meant no low Bb (which is why I'm getting my three valve bass bone built in Eb).
It was kind of a weird horn but fun to play. I sold it and my Chinese rotary bass trumpet quite a while back to a guy in Boston when I purged most of my horns. It sounded a bit more like a leaner slide contra than a big cimbasso, I think. I'll have another one some day. It'd be really cool if Kanstul were to make their G baritones in F.
