Any ideas??

Peach · Post by **Peach** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:18 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-Collectable- ... dZViewItem

Not your average...

Peach · Post by **Peach** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:44 pm

It does seem like the main tuning slide has been removed/lost and rather ingeniously someone has stuck trumpet bells to the open ends...

Cunning.

Can't see why this never took off in a big way (perhaps it did... somewhere...).

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:13 pm

"This instrument is a great collectors piece, as it has three bells" [one of which may even be original]

Hurry, hurry!

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:56 pm

This is your repairman.
This is your repairman on drugs.
Any questions?

Donn · Post by **Donn** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:18 am

the elephant wrote: I will probably bid on this rare gem of musical history.

Note the return policy - you pay shipping. If it turns out to not be what you needed, despite appearances.

Teubonium · Post by **Teubonium** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:02 pm

It comes in a BBb case

I wonder if the case could be cut to CC?

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:20 pm

In that case, I wonder if the trumpets are restorable...

KarlMarx · Post by **KarlMarx** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:14 pm

Bloke, your fascination with circlophoniums is leading you to more and more advanced rebuilds. This one would surely be able to crank out the double-pedal register and prevent everybody else from kicking @zz. I am impressed!

Is this young cute-o-phonist

my late discovering of your newly achieved grandfatherhood? A horn induced unloading by the oboist?

Carolus Congratulatorius item per Deb