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Handbuilt Nirschl or not?
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 2:19 pm
by luke_hollis
How do you know if a Nirschl is handbuilt? I bought mine from Custom in 1997 ( the horn is stamped 97 on all the valves). It is the 4/4 model.
Is there a perceived difference between handbuilt and non-handbuilt models?
Luke
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 3:48 pm
by Chen
The 4/4 Nirschls are not hand-built, no matter what year. The 6/4 York models are.
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 4:07 pm
by tubalamb
Actually, Mr. Nirschl was offering two versions of his 4/4 when I bought mine in 2001.
There was the 4/4 silverplated (B&M 5625 or WN-15) which was about 15000 DM (prior to the coversion over to euros). This one was partially handmade, although I don't know to what extent or what parts.
The 4/4 handmade one (sometimes) in raw brass was going for $US 11,500. I believe one of these was for sale at Baltimore Brass sometime when I was looking for mine.
I never actually got to play on a fully handbuilt one, but I love the horn that I have! Hope this helps.