Re: Latest helicon Conquest
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:04 pm
Very Nice! What pitch is it Kurt, BBb?
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Re: Latest helicon Conquest
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:19 pm
Probably some really thick valve oil...
Re: Latest helicon Conquest
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:28 pm
I use 5W30 motor oil mixed with my valve oil. 3 parts valve oil to 1 part motor oil usually does the trick.
Re: Latest helicon Conquest
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:20 pm
Man!.... Those Western Europeans were sure skinny!
Nice horn, Kurt. Next time you come to the States, you can just leave that horn in Indiana!
Nice horn, Kurt. Next time you come to the States, you can just leave that horn in Indiana!
Re: Latest helicon Conquest
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:38 pm
The Czech text rather points towards Czechoslovakia after the demise of the Austrian-Hungarian double monarchy at the end of WWI.
The post-WWI pitch (from circa 1920) was A=440Hz. Yet the main tuning slide looks quite short.
Congratulations on this instrument which looks restorable.
Klaus (5 instruments from this maker in my galleries)
The post-WWI pitch (from circa 1920) was A=440Hz. Yet the main tuning slide looks quite short.
Congratulations on this instrument which looks restorable.
Klaus (5 instruments from this maker in my galleries)
Re: Latest helicon Conquest
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:46 pm
Looks pretty good! Not all bent up and smashed. If the valves are leaky, it must have been played quite a bit.
Good luck on getting it working first class!
Good luck on getting it working first class!