Is this normal corrosion or results of a fire?
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What happened to this horn?
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Dan Schultz
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Re: What happened to this horn?
It appears to be silver plate that's NEVER been polished or properly cared for. Probably stored in a basement or a place that has gas heat.runngdog wrote:Is this normal corrosion or results of a fire?
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PMeuph
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Re: What happened to this horn?
I wonder what and how long it would take to remove all that tarnish....
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bort
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Re: What happened to this horn?
Suppose it was in a fire... how badly can a house fire damage a tuba?
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Lew
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Re: What happened to this horn?
He has it listed as a "King" tuba, but that is probably based on the King mouthpiece that is with it. It appears to be a Conn 20K to me, and yes, I have seen tarnish this bad on horns that have been stored for a long time.
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Timswisstuba
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Re: What happened to this horn?
Black is Beautiful! LJV do you know where this Hirsbrunner is now?LJV wrote:This is a pic of a tuba that sat in cigarette smoke for @ 20 years. So, tarnish and schmutz can definitely pile up...
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Dan Schultz
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Re: What happened to this horn?
Yeah... Temperatures like that probably wouldn't make the brazed and silver-soldered sub-assemblies like braces and pistons come apart. But... all it takes is about 450 degrees F. to melt solder joints. 1200 degrees F will crystalize regular soft solder.LJV wrote:Temps in a house fire can reach to 1200ºF, so that baby would have been completely cooked...
I think it's probably just badly tarnished.
What the heck is Tryplen?
Never mind. I found this old thread on the Meinlschmidt composite rotors. I didn't realize Conn had fooled with this concept, too!
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Re: What happened to this horn?
About an hour, and that's fast.PMeuph wrote:I wonder what and how long it would take to remove all that tarnish....
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SousaSaver
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Re: What happened to this horn?
I think I might buy this horn...so IF I win it, I will take some detailed pictures before and after the tarnish removal and I will time how long it took (for whomever cares...)