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Cheap 3+1 comp Eb's on eBay
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:52 pm
by Bob Kolada
Here's a Boosey in England-
http://tinyurl.com/ne5ngu
And a Higham in the US midwest-
http://tinyurl.com/mwe8gj
Sorry about that last one's size!
Re: Cheap 3+1 comp Eb's on eBay
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:36 am
by imperialbari
If anything to be complained then the small photo.
Both instruments are interesting.
The Boosey’s bright silverplate cannot be original. Either it started out a lacquered or the frosting has been buffed off.
The Higham may have been all by the nominal maker, but I tend to doubt that. It simply is too similar to the same model from the patent holder: Boosey.
The two instruments may be very close in age and may be by the same maker. The Higham started in high pitch and was changed to low pitch via a longer main tuning slide.
Klaus