I know it's a trumpet but..............

Highams · Post by **Highams** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:38 am

an Octagon shaped bell & valve block?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-Vickars-Octa ... dZViewItem

CB

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:03 am

Reidl, Grazlitz also made the "Arigra" octaogonal trumpert

(Although the valve blocks may also be octagonal, like the Conn Voca-bell, the valves themselves are of the normal cylinder shape)

Lew · Post by **Lew** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:04 am

The Conn rimless "Vocabell" models had similarly shaped valve casings, although of course they had a straight, rimless bell, not the octagonal bell that this does. Here's a link to a photo of one:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~cderksen/Conn48B1941image.html

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:11 pm

I've seen bells on tubas that look a lot like that.

Of course, they all belonged to heavily-abused middle-school instruments...

Peach · Post by **Peach** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:16 pm

Seller-of-trumpet writes:
"Valves & slides are free - HAVE JUST BEEN RE-LUBRICATED"

Why do people bother writing stuff like that!?

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:48 pm

Peach wrote:Seller-of-trumpet writes:
"Valves & slides are free - HAVE JUST BEEN RE-LUBRICATED"

Why do people bother writing stuff like that!?

Perhaps the valves and slides ARE free... you just have to pay for the valve block and the bell!