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Bbfoghorn
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Funky, Where did you find a 981 leadpipe? I'm restoring a real early Imp/Besson Eb with the crappy tapered 982 leadpipe.
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funkhoss
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Well...
Initially, I modified an Imperial leadpipe myself. I annealed it, and then pushed progressively larger steel balls into it: all the way through at first, and then stopping at fixed points and tapping them back out, until it had a consistently larger taper. I then fitted it with a modified American shank receiver. It looked ugly, but definitely played "bigger" and more open than an Imperial/982 leadpipe.
More recently, however, I heard back from a retailer in the UK that was able to order a new 981 leadpipe and receiver for me. They don't have it listed on their website, so you'd have to ask them to order it, too. The two parts with shipping from the UK ended up being about $125 total.
https://www.dawkes.co.uk/" target="_blank
I hope this helps!
-Funkhoss
Initially, I modified an Imperial leadpipe myself. I annealed it, and then pushed progressively larger steel balls into it: all the way through at first, and then stopping at fixed points and tapping them back out, until it had a consistently larger taper. I then fitted it with a modified American shank receiver. It looked ugly, but definitely played "bigger" and more open than an Imperial/982 leadpipe.
More recently, however, I heard back from a retailer in the UK that was able to order a new 981 leadpipe and receiver for me. They don't have it listed on their website, so you'd have to ask them to order it, too. The two parts with shipping from the UK ended up being about $125 total.
https://www.dawkes.co.uk/" target="_blank
I hope this helps!
-Funkhoss