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Stowasser Tornistertuba

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These don't show up every day. Shame about the condition. https://www.ebay.com/itm/222847743142
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bigtubby wrote: Shame about the condition.
Yeah, more like "Underwasser!!"
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Sad.
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R.I.P. 8)
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It all depends how much you want to spend on a restoration, not knowing how it will play, metal fatigue, replication, etc...

A ‘before and after’....

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bisontuba wrote:It all depends how much you want to spend on a restoration, not knowing how it will play, metal fatigue, replication, etc...

A ‘before and after’....

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My big concern was the big, organic hole in the 2nd (1st???) branch - afraid that it is generally pretty thin and fragile. Otherwise, well you know me. :|
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bigtubby wrote:
bisontuba wrote:It all depends how much you want to spend on a restoration, not knowing how it will play, metal fatigue, replication, etc...

A ‘before and after’....

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My big concern was the big, organic hole in the 2nd (1st???) branch - afraid that it is generally pretty thin and fragile. Otherwise, well you know me. :|
Always a roll of the dice on instruments like this....
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We are talking collectible and/ or antique....another world.....
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