York BBb Helicon

Frank Ortega · Post by **Frank Ortega** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:23 am

Has anyone discussed this horn yet?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/J-W-YORK-SILVER ... _890wt_806" target="_blank

Is this an original helicon? Or did someone just slap a York Monster Bell onto a Conn 14 or 38k?

Thoughts, anyone?

bort · Post by **bort** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:33 am

The seller is a TubeNet member, but I can't remember his s/n.

saxophyte · Post by **saxophyte** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:06 am

Its my horn .It is really a York with an early conn valveset (ser #104xxx i believe).You can see where the braces for the original valveset were.The body is thinner brass than any 14k or 38k .

Frank Ortega · Post by **Frank Ortega** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:11 am

Cool, where are you located? And is the Bell original to the body?

Frank

saxophyte · Post by **saxophyte** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:22 am

its in Warren Ohio
Yes the bell is original to the body .
I have a few other silver sousas for sale
conn 46k 28 inch bell
buescherphone 30 inch bell
king 1270 28 inch bell
4 valve buescher not quite a jumbo 7 1/2 bell throat brass no bell
I have been hanging on to these for years just because I thought they were neat ,.but im getting tired of polishing them .

Bandmaster · Post by **Bandmaster** » Mon Apr 29, 2013 1:25 am

saxophyte wrote:Its my horn .It is really a York with an early conn valveset (ser #104xxx i believe).You can see where the braces for the original valveset were.The body is thinner brass than any 14k or 38k .

But how well does it play? I might be interested if it plays good!

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