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Hey, I may be interested in the bell. i need it to be a little smaller as the small end. can you make and exact measurement for me?

Thanks,

Mark Howle (Phone number edited out by moderator)

markaustinhowle wrote:Hey, I may be interested in the bell. i need it to be a little smaller as the small end. can you make and exact measurement for me?

He's not selling. Dictionary?

ac|quire: 1 : to get as one's own: a : to come into possession or control of often by unspecified means b : to come to have as a new or added characteristic, trait, or ability (as by sustained effort or natural selection) <acquire> <bacteria>

It's a good idea not to post your phone number online, too. Way too many kooks out there. I mean... nobody on this board, of course... really. No offense guys. Just edit out your phone number and you'll be fine.

Alex C wrote:Just edit out your phone number and you'll be fine.

Too late, we already have it...

Rip it up, throw it around, spit on it, stomp on it and spit it out! Oh wait, are we still talking about your first post???

Welcome to TubeNet! Tim

Alex C wrote:

markaustinhowle wrote:Hey, I may be interested in the bell. i need it to be a little smaller as the small end. can you make and exact measurement for me?

He's not selling. Dictionary?

ac|quire: 1 : to get as one's own: a : to come into possession or control of often by unspecified means b : to come to have as a new or added characteristic, trait, or ability (as by sustained effort or natural selection) <acquire> <bacteria>

It's a good idea not to post your phone number online, too. Way too many kooks out there. I mean... nobody on this board, of course... really. No offense guys. Just edit out your phone number and you'll be fine.

Good grief, Alex! Are you trying to tell us there is a difference between acquiring and selling? And we on TubeNet are supposed to be able to tell the difference? Gosh! This is getting pretty difficult. Just think of the high IQ this requires.

Welcome to TubeNet, ReclusEndangerment.

TubaRay wrote:Are you trying to tell us there is a difference between acquiring and selling? And we on TubeNet are supposed to be able to tell the difference? Gosh! This is getting pretty difficult. Just think of the high IQ this requires.

It seems like detachable upright bells weren't exactly in vogue back when those horns were made. Most schools bought only the recording bells. Today, a good upright bell can cost as much as the whole horn with a recording bell. Ziggy Kanstul will make you about any upright bell you want but it's gonna be expensive.... probably in the range of $1,000. I've acheived good results making new bell tenons and grafting them to suitable cut-down bells from other old horns... but I don't have any experience with the Conn 80J.

If you've searched TubeNet:

New
search.php?mode=results

Old
http://www.chisham.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?Search=80j

And visited The Conn Loyalist:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~cderksen/

Then you've pretty much covered all the online resources. Welcome to the world of Conn!

Tim