3 valve Conn Constellation Euphonium?

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3 valve Conn Constellation Euphonium?

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Two conn euphoniums from the same seller. 1 3 valve with Constellation bell. 1 4 valve with regular bell. The bells are mixed up, right? There is no such Constellation with only 3 valves, right?

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Re: 3 valve Conn Constellation Euphonium?

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jacobg wrote: The bells are mixed up, right? There is no such Constellation with only 3 valves, right?
Sure looks that way. Sharp eyes. To my knowledge, no.
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should we tell them?
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I think the swap may have been a conscious decision. Put the better bell on the 4-valve instrument.
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Post by windshieldbug »

Maybe, but I don't know if Conn made the bells any differently for the horns, anyway. The Connstellation bell "has a small patch soldered on to cover a crack in the bell. This would be a great instrument for some one looking for a nice playing Euphonium that cares about how their instrument sounds, not how it looks". The 4 valve was sold the way it was, with the good bell (which is why I assume they might have been swapped in the first place) and it wasn't like they were trying to hide it, so maybe better off just let things be.
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Post by Rick F »

Yes, the bells were switched. According to the seller, he swapped them to put the better bell on the 4v instrument.

See this post on the Tuba-Euphorum:
http://forum.alex281.com/viewtopic.php?p=8601#8601
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